Metro Nashville Police Department, Tennessee, Fallen Officers

Honoring All Fallen Members of the...

Metro Nashville Police Department

	Police Officer Christy Jo Dedman Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Monday, July 19, 2004 Cause: Vehicular assault
	Police Officer Candace Ripp Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Saturday, December 8, 2001 Cause: Struck by vehicle
	Police Officer Francis Paul Scurry Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Friday, May 17, 1996 Cause: Gunfire
	Lieutenant James Ronnie Woodard Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Wednesday, October 9, 1991 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer William Lee Bowlin Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Wednesday, August 4, 1982 Cause: Gunfire
	Lieutenant John Wesley Smith, III Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Wednesday, May 14, 1980 Cause: Automobile accident
	Officer Edward L. Tarkington Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Sunday, December 17, 1978 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer Steven Ross Pinkelton Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Wednesday, July 26, 1978 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer George Howard Hall Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Monday, February 23, 1976 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer Curtis Jordan Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Tuesday, January 13, 1976 Cause: Stabbed
	Officer Raymond Leroy Wheeler Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Tuesday, November 6, 1973 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer Robert L. Williams Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Thursday, May 2, 1968 Cause: Automobile accident
	Officer Charles W. Thomasson Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Sunday, March 17, 1968 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer Thomas E. Johnson Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Tuesday, January 16, 1968 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer Carroll Gordon Bargatze Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Saturday, October 16, 1965 Cause: Automobile accident
	Officer Charles Reuben Byrd Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Thursday, September 26, 1963 Cause: Vehicle pursuit
	Patrolman Robert Burns Sandefur Nashville City Police Department EOW: Saturday, July 3, 1943 Cause: Gunfire
	Detective Charles Dow Mundy Nashville City Police Department EOW: Thursday, June 25, 1942 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer William Ray Holbrook Nashville City Police Department EOW: Saturday, April 15, 1939 Cause: Motorcycle accident
	Detective Albert Alex Foster Nashville City Police Department EOW: Friday, March 20, 1936 Cause: Automobile accident
	Patrolman Paul W. Cavender Nashville City Police Department EOW: Tuesday, May 7, 1935 Cause: Struck by vehicle
	Patrolman Charles B. Sanders Nashville City Police Department EOW: Saturday, March 17, 1934 Cause: Gunfire
	Detective George W. Redmond Nashville City Police Department EOW: Monday, September 25, 1933 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman Michael J. Mulverhill Nashville City Police Department EOW: Saturday, May 9, 1931 Cause: Gunfire
	Night Watchman C. H. Fudge Nashville City Police Department EOW: Thursday, November 26, 1925 Cause: Gunfire
	Sergeant Archie B. Wood Nashville City Police Department EOW: Wednesday, November 12, 1924 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman John True Nashville City Police Department EOW: Monday, August 4, 1924 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman James H. Johnson Nashville City Police Department EOW: Thursday, July 21, 1921 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman John Friel Nashville City Police Department EOW: Tuesday, September 24, 1918 Cause: Gunfire
	Sergeant John Milliron Nashville City Police Department EOW: Wednesday, July 12, 1916 Cause: Gunfire
	Detective Lem Thompson Nashville City Police Department EOW: Sunday, December 12, 1915 Cause: Stabbed
	Patrolman A. H. Roberts, Sr. Nashville City Police Department EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 1914 Cause: Struck by streetcar
	Officer John Ryan Nashville City Police Department EOW: Thursday, March 5, 1914 Cause: Automobile accident
	Patrolman W. I. Wright Nashville City Police Department EOW: Wednesday, March 4, 1914 Cause: Automobile accident
	Patrolman Benjamin F. Dowell Nashville City Police Department EOW: Monday, December 7, 1903 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman Daniel Summitt Nashville City Police Department EOW: Sunday, April 30, 1899 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman J. M. Arnold Nashville City Police Department EOW: Tuesday, January 6, 1885 Cause: Gunfire
	Patrolman Robert T. Frazier Nashville City Police Department EOW: Friday, April 30, 1875 Cause: Gunfire
K9 LODDs
	K9 Aron Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Thursday, May 14, 1998 Cause: Gunfire
	K9 Ingo Metro Nashville Police Department EOW: Thursday, December 4, 1986 Cause: Gunfire

Line of Duty Deaths: 38

Automobile accident: 6
Gunfire: 24
Motorcycle accident: 1
Stabbed: 2
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

By Month

January: 3
February: 1
March: 5
April: 3
May: 5
June: 1
July: 6
August: 2
September: 3
October: 2
November: 3
December: 4

By Gender

Male: 36
Female: 2

K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 2

view Gunfire: 2

Component Agencies

Divisions or absorbed agencies:

Nashville City Police Department
Nashville, TN
Fallen officers: 22

Line of duty deaths this year
45 +25%

Gunfire deaths this year
16 0%

Auto-related deaths this year
16 +33%

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