Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: MinneapolisCounty: OttawaDeath Date: 8/11/1977Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer VanMeter was probably on his way to check the city-county airport when his car careened off the highway in a heavy...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Morton CountyCounty: MortonDeath Date: 11/26/1976Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentOn patrol in a zero visibility blizzard, Jacobs’ car and another vehicle collided at a rural intersection....
Type of Officer: Parole OfficerJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 10/19/1976Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: StabbingParole Officer Weber went to the home of a parolee at the mother’s request to have her son move out. As Weber followed...
Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: HugotonCounty: StevensDeath Date: 8/25/1976Added to Memorial: 1988Circumstances of Death: Heart AttackChief Hall was called to assist in a high-speed pursuit of several subjects on motorcycles. He suffered a fatal heart...
Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: LeotiCounty: WichitaDeath Date: 5/25/1976Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotNorth of Leoti, Chief Carl Simons stopped a car driven by Richard McCowan, who was in violation of parole. A general requestor...
Type of Officer: Reserve Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 9/13/1975Added to Memorial: 2016Circumstances of Death: GunshotReserve Police Officer James Buffum died September 13, 1975, after he and a fellow reserve officer strugled with a...
