Type of Officer: Assistant Chief of PoliceJurisdiction: NewtonCounty: HarveyDeath Date: 6/15/1932Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Automobile AccidentChief Bolin was following a car suspected of transporting illegal alcohol. To avoid alerting the...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: HugotonCounty: StevensDeath Date: 10/15/1931Added to Memorial: 1988Circumstances of Death: GunshotMarshal Newman arrested one H. L. McBee for public drunkenness as he was on a general rampage around town. On the way to the...
Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 8/14/1931Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotDetective Colver was questioning two men who were suspects in several gas station robberies, in their hotel room. While...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Wyandotte CountyCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 8/6/1931Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotDeputy Rohrbach received a citizen call at home to investigate two men who were observed with guns in their car. The...
Type of Officer: Police Officer Jurisdiction: Lawrence County: Douglas Death Date: 4/24/1931 Added to Memorial: 1987 Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Officer Howe had stopped a driver who was swerving his car on the road. Howe did not know that the driver, Oney Knight,...
Type of Officer: Railroad Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 4/19/1931Added to Memorial: 1997Circumstances of Death: GunshotA Rock Island special agent was shot and killed by George Varela April 19, 1931, after he had removed him from a train...
