Type of Officer: Police CaptainJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 5/23/1915Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotCaptain Griswold and Detective Al Harrell responded to a burglary reported at a shoe store. As Griswold entered the store he...
Type of Officer: Police DetectiveJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 2/23/1915Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotHumpries, the first Wichita officer to lose his life in the line of duty, was attempting to question a suspect that he had...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: CaneyCounty: MontgomeryDeath Date: 11/12/1913Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn November 12, 1913, City Marshal McInroy was attempting to place into custody a thief, Nip Vann, when he was shot and killed...
Type of Officer: Park RangerJurisdiction: Kansas Department of Wildlife and ParksCounty: RileyDeath Date: 6/26/2010Added to Memorial: 2011Circumstances of Death: GunshotKansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Ranger Luke D. Nihart was killed when his all-terrain...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 5/6/1912Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer Matthews, alerted that two men who had robbed the city marshal of Bonner Springs might be on the 6:00 a.m. train on May...
Type of Officer: Special OfficerJurisdiction: Santa Fe RailroadCounty: SumnerDeath Date: 6/1/1911Added to Memorial: 2007Circumstances of Death: GunshotShortly after midnight on June 1, 1911, Santa Fe Railway Special Officer John Cates was checking security seals on...