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Metro Nashville Police Department
Nashville, TN

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


Total 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

The Metro Nashville Police Department is comprised of the following independent agencies and/or components (Note: Some of the agencies and/or components no longer exist):

Nashville City Police Department

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