Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: GarnettCounty: AndersonDeath Date: 7/22/1947Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotGarnett Chief of Police Payne stopped a speeder in Garnett. The suspect, Edward Smerchek, while seated in his car, shot and...
Type of Officer: Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: OsawatomieCounty: MiamiDeath Date: 2/3/1947Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotChief Churchill, with city engineer Harvey Earp, went to the home of George Miller to serve a warrant charging Miller with...
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway PatrolJurisdiction: HaysCounty: EllisDeath Date: 12/16/1944Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentTrooper Plummer, the first Kansas Highway Patrol officer to die in the line of duty, was fatally injured in an...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Leavenworth CountyCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 8/26/1944Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn January 22, 1944, Arthur Lathrop, just paroled from the state penitentiary in Lansing, stole a car in...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 8/2/1943Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Nugent was on his way home when a young woman stopped him to report that a man had tried to force her into an...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: SalinaCounty: SalineDeath Date: 5/31/1942Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Struck by AutomobileOn May 24, 1942, while on night duty, Officer Eaton was crossing a street after conferring with fellow officers....
