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: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: Derby Police DepartmentCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: May 9, 1976Added to Memorial: 2025Circumstances of Death: Traffic Accident Charles Delbert Meeks, age 34, served as police officer for one year before becoming a lab...
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...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: SalinaCounty: SalineDeath Date: 6/13/1975Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Ivey stopped a vehicle answering the description of a car used moments earlier in a robbery at Dillon’s grocery store....
