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Indianapolis Police Department
Indianapolis, IN

Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Hugh Burns
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, June 13, 1883
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Charles A. Ware
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1897
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer William Edward Dolby
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, July 14, 1906
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Charles J. Russell
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, September 30, 1906
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Edward J. Petticord
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, October 2, 1906
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Joseph Krupp
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, April 19, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Arthur F. Barrows
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, June 4, 1911
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer John McKinney
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, March 28, 1912
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Elmer C. Anderson
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, January 15, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INLieutenant James D. Hagerty
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, June 23, 1916
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer John P. DeRossette
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, January 30, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Marion E. Ellis
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, January 23, 1918
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant Wade Hull
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, September 10, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant Maurice Murphy
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, March 4, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer William Whitfield
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Monday, November 27, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Jesse N. Louden
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer John F. Buchanan
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, July 9, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Charles E. Carter Jr.
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Monday, May 9, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INMotorcycle Policeman William C. Mueller
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, March 2, 1928
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Norman L. Schoen
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, March 6, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Paul P. Miller
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INMotorcycle Policeman Roscoe C. Shipp
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, July 24, 1929
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INDetective Sergeant Carl W. Heckman
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, January 3, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant Lester Jones
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, February 7, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant Orville E. Quinnette
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, December 18, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Richard Rivers
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Monday, April 27, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Alvie C. Emmelman
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, May 29, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Harry A. Bolin
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, August 15, 1940
Cause of Death: Accidental
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INMotorcycle Policeman James J. Reilly
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, January 29, 1942
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INMotorcycle Policeman Byron Douglas Todd
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, October 9, 1942
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Marshall R. Foster
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, July 4, 1947
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Robert J. Baker
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, October 2, 1948
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Clarence G. Snorden
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, June 26, 1951
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INDetective Sergeant James T. Gaughan
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, September 8, 1951
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer John L. Sullivan
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, July 23, 1952
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INAuxiliary Officer Arthur L. Reifeis
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, February 27, 1953
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant Ray Whobrey
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, April 24, 1953
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Edward H. Berry
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, February 4, 1954
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INInspector Albert A. Kelly
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, December 6, 1956
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Donald H. Kilbourne
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Friday, November 13, 1964
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Thomas R. Graham
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, October 12, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Robert Edward Schachte
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, October 22, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Ronald H. Manley
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, December 12, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Warren Edward Greene
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Saturday, December 20, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INDetective James M. Compton Jr.
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, March 16, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant Ernest M. Lacy
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Sunday, May 22, 1977
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Nathan (Nate) Lincks
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, October 25, 1977
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Gerald F. (Jerry) Griffin
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, November 6, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INDetective Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Thursday, December 11, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Paul A. Kortepeter
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, January 19, 1983
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INSergeant David Larue Sandler
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, June 4, 1986
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Matt John Faber
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, August 23, 1988
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Teresa Jean Hawkins
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1993
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Indianapolis Police Department, INOfficer Timothy Jacob (Jake) Laird
Indianapolis Police Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 54

Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 3
Electrocuted: 2
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 33
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 6
Vehicular assault: 3

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