Bessemer Police Department, Alabama, Fallen Officers

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Bessemer Police Department, AL

Bessemer Police Department

	Police Officer Tommy L. Thedford Bessemer Police Department EOW: Thursday, October 1, 1981 Cause: Gunfire
	Lieutenant Clifford T. Hill Bessemer Police Department EOW: Wednesday, May 2, 1979 Cause: Bomb
	Police Officer R. Shelly Kendrick Bessemer Police Department EOW: Thursday, July 12, 1945 Cause: Gunfire
	Police Officer J. Carl Goodwin Bessemer Police Department EOW: Saturday, June 15, 1918 Cause: Gunfire
	Chief of Police Thomas Benjamin Wallace Bessemer Police Department EOW: Tuesday, February 29, 1916 Cause: Gunfire
	Police Officer H. B. Patridge Bessemer Police Department EOW: Friday, January 6, 1911 Cause: Gunfire
	Police Officer John J. Flowers Bessemer Police Department EOW: Thursday, August 28, 1902 Cause: Gunfire
	Officer John Riley Manning Bessemer Police Department EOW: Friday, April 5, 1889 Cause: Gunfire

Line of Duty Deaths: 8

Bomb: 1
Gunfire: 7

By Month

January: 1
February: 1
April: 1
May: 1
June: 1
July: 1
August: 1
October: 1

By Gender

Male: 8
Female: 0

All 2013 Deaths