Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 9/7/2014Added to Memorial: 2015Circumstances of Death: GunshotTopeka Police Department Corporal Jason E. Harwood gave his life In the line of duty on September 7, 2014. While conducting a...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 12/16/2012Added to Memorial: 2013Circumstances of Death: GunshotTopeka Police Department Corporal David Gogian was shot and killed on December 16, 2012, after responding to the parking lot...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 12/16/2012Added to Memorial: 2013Circumstances of Death: GunshotTopeka Police Department Officer Jeffrey Atherly was shot and killed on December 16, 2012, after responding to the parking lot...
Type of Officer: Reserve Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 9/13/1975Added to Memorial: 2016Circumstances of Death: GunshotReserve Police Officer James Buffum died September 13, 1975, after he and a fellow reserve officer strugled with a...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 11/1/1974Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Air AccidentOfficer Hodd was killed while on patrol in his police helicopter. The drive shaft broke, causing the helicopter to crash....
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: TopekaCounty: ShawneeDeath Date: 4/11/1955Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOfficer “Boots” Shields, who was either responding to a tip or was continuing an investigation into a burglary ring, made a...