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Louisville Police Department
Louisville, KY

Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Ben Rust
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, January 16, 1862
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPolice Officer John O'Connell
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 8, 1869
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYLieutenant Edward B. Harding
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, December 6, 1885
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman James W. Jones
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Joseph Rosenberg
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Edward Byrnes
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 4, 1895
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Joseph J. Heffernan
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, August 12, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYCorporal Fred J. Richterkessing
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 1, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman James Purdon
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, July 27, 1901
Cause of Death: Fire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Theodore Bossung
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, November 15, 1907
Cause of Death: Animal related
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Simon R. Cannon
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, December 13, 1907
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman William Murphy
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, November 19, 1909
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Frank Weber
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, May 23, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman William C. Sube
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1910
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Michael Baldwin
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Harvey D. Hand
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 11, 1914
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John Fow
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, February 17, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Thomas L. Fitzgibbon
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Thomas M. Giltner
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, June 2, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John G. Tyler
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 3, 1920
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman James E. Elder
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 28, 1921
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYSergeant George G. Pfeifer
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, July 8, 1923
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Charles Oglesby Daily
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, September 12, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Ralph L. Croxton
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYCorporal James M. England
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, September 1, 1926
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Walter Vance
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, August 27, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYDetective Sergeant Lawrence Mialbach
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, October 12, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Frank H. Wilke
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, March 24, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Thomas D. McNichols
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1928
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman William F. Newcomb
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1929
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Robert E. McGalin
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 25, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John Gruber
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, January 27, 1930
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman H. D. Boyer
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, January 31, 1931
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Basil Duke Offutt
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, January 31, 1931
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYDetective William L. Mulligan
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYCaptain Edward E. Parr
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYDetective William D. Wood
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 25, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Saxton Dutschke
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, April 7, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Clarence Q. Evans
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 9, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Eugene Hagan
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 28, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer John Wesley Carpenter
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 29, 1935
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Lawrence W. Claycomb
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Willis A. Coy
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1937
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Frederick F. Barton
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 3, 1937
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer Walter D. Mazzie
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1939
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYSergeant Louis Fowler
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1939
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYOfficer William K. Burge
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, September 25, 1940
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Thomas W. Kinney
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, February 10, 1942
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman James Hedgepeth
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, February 12, 1942
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman William Preston Bryant
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1943
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Auldon LeGrande
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1946
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John H. Hawthorn
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, January 22, 1947
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Andrew Miller
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1948
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John H. Tennyson
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1949
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John P. Minogue
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 4, 1952
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Edward P. Nowakowski
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, July 10, 1957
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman William L. Long
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 4, 1958
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Orville C. Trinkle Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1960
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Cosby H. Whitted Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, August 23, 1963
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman James Sansbury
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, February 21, 1965
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman William Frederick Meyer
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 1, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Joseph L. Price
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYDetective James Ratliff
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 30, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPolice Officer Donald W. Gaskin
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 30, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Wilbur Hayes
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, May 2, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman John Schaefer
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, May 2, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Raymond Oyler Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1971
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Tommy Ray
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, April 20, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Jonah Darrell Cox
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Gwen Downs
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, May 16, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Albert B. Sallee Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1979
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Ronnie E. Seelye
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, January 27, 1981
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Ricky A. LaFollette
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 18, 1983
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Louisville Police Department, KYPatrolman Alton Embry Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 7, 1988
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 74

Animal related: 1
Automobile accident: 13
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 2
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 35
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 8
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 4
Vehicular assault: 3

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