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: Police OfficerJurisdiction: WichitaCounty: SedgwickDeath Date: 1/4/1925Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotWhile walking a beat, Officer Brown stopped to question a man named Duke Kelley. Kelley fatally shot Brown, then confessed to...
Type of Officer: Railroad Special AgentJurisdiction: LeavenworthCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 5/17/1923Added to Memorial: 2022Circumstances of Death: Gunshot James Lee David, age 41, a Special Agent with the Missouri Pacific Railroad was assigned to patrol the...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Bourbon CountyCounty: BourbonDeath Date: 9/16/1922Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotDeputy Sheriff Bloomfield was attempting to arrest John Cochran, a well-known bootlegger, for selling illegal liquor. A...
Type of Officer: Police SergeantJurisdiction: Kansas CityCounty: WyandotteDeath Date: 9/1/1922Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotSergeant Biggs and Officer Fred Wheeler observed several persons unloading tires from a parked truck. When the officers...
Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Ford CountyCounty: FordDeath Date: January 3, 1922Added to Memorial: 2023Circumstances of Death: Gunshot Wound James Lucero, age 49, served as a deputy sheriff with the Ford County Sheriff’s Office from October 19, 1921,...
