Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Greenwood CountyCounty: GreenwoodDeath Date: 1/19/2005Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotSheriff Matthew Samuels was serving a search and arrest warrant at a home in a remote part of Greenwood County. Scott...
Type of Officer: InvestigatorJurisdiction: Ford CountyCounty: Ford CountyDeath Date: 9/23/2003Added to Memorial: 2004Circumstances of death: Automobile AccidentOn the morning of September 23, 2003, Ford County Sheriff’s Office investigator Bret D. Tepe was driving to...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Junction CityCounty: GearyDeath Date: 12/3/2001Added to Memorial: 2002Circumstances of Death: GunshotAt 4:30 a.m. on December 3, 2001, Officer Wilson C. A. Johnson, Jr. received a fatal gunshot wound while assisting a...
Type of Officer: Police LieutenantJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 11/4/2000Added to Memorial: 2001Circumstances of Death: Accident Bomb squad trainingOn November 5, 2000, Lieutenant John E. “Jack” Galvin died of injuries he sustained on October 20,...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 6/13/2000Added to Memorial: 2001Circumstances of Death: Helicopter AccidentOn the night of June 13, 2000, Officer Charles Joseph “Joey” Bohlender, Jr., a member of the Topeka Police...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 6/13/2000Added to Memorial: 2001Circumstances of Death: Helicopter AccidentOn the night of June 13, 2000, Officer Jeff William Howey, a Topeka Police Department helicopter pilot, was killed...
