Type of Officer: Detention OfficerJurisdiction: Seward CountyCounty: SewardDeath Date: 1/13/2006Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of death: Automobile AccidentDetention Officer Cory A. Ricks was transporting a young prisoner from the Finney County Detention Center...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Harvey CountyCounty: HarveyDeath Date: 4/9/2005Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotDeputy Kurt A. Ford was fatally wounded on April 9, 2005, when he entered the Newton home of suspect Gregory Moore. Moore...
Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Greenwood CountyCounty: GreenwoodDeath Date: 1/19/2005Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotSheriff Matthew Samuels was serving a search and arrest warrant at a home in a remote part of Greenwood County. Scott...
Type of Officer: InvestigatorJurisdiction: Ford CountyCounty: Ford CountyDeath Date: 9/23/2003Added to Memorial: 2004Circumstances of death: Automobile AccidentOn the morning of September 23, 2003, Ford County Sheriff’s Office investigator Bret D. Tepe was driving to...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Junction CityCounty: GearyDeath Date: 12/3/2001Added to Memorial: 2002Circumstances of Death: GunshotAt 4:30 a.m. on December 3, 2001, Officer Wilson C. A. Johnson, Jr. received a fatal gunshot wound while assisting a...
Type of Officer: Police LieutenantJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/4/2000Added to Memorial: 2001Circumstances of Death: Accident Bomb squad trainingOn November 5, 2000, Lieutenant John E. “Jack” Galvin died of injuries he sustained on October 20,...
