Type of Officer: Sheriff SergeantJurisdiction: Butler CountyCounty: ButlerDeath Date: 5/19/1979Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentSergeant Hopper, a former Andover Chief of Police, was responding to a civil disturbance call. En route, he...
Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: LansingCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 8/19/1978Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: BeatingOn August 14, 1978, Corrections Officer Martin had been assigned to the state penitentiary hospital unit. He was...
Type of Officer: Police ReserveJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 7/28/1978Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotReserve Officer Haen was sent to assist with traffic control at an accident site. During the investigation, a police...
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: Matfield GreenCounty: ChaseDeath Date: 5/24/1978Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotTrooper O’Brien of the Highway Patrol had stopped a car, occupied by three people, for speeding near Matfield...
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....
