Pike County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky, Fallen Officers

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Pike County Sheriff's Department, KY

Pike County Sheriff's Department

	Deputy Sheriff James I. Thacker Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Monday, January 23, 2012 Cause: Automobile accident
	Deputy Sheriff Poyster "Poss" Keene Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1993 Cause: Automobile accident
	Deputy Sheriff Earl Smith Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Tuesday, May 15, 1979 Cause: Gunfire
	Sheriff Roy Conway Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Friday, July 28, 1950 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff John F. Cable Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Wednesday, October 2, 1940 Cause: Gunfire
	Sheriff Earl Scott Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1939 Cause: Automobile accident
	Marshal Meredith "Merdie" Wolford Phelps Police Department EOW: Tuesday, October 27, 1936 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff Boyd Westin Hatfield Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Wednesday, November 11, 1931 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff Thomas C. Tackett Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Monday, December 16, 1929 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff Frank Phillips Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Monday, December 13, 1926 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff Louis Casebolt Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Tuesday, May 25, 1926 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff Jesse Ferrell Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Saturday, May 30, 1925 Cause: Gunfire
	Deputy Sheriff Walter Deal Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Monday, January 10, 1921 Cause: Gunfire
	Posseman Patton Bartley Pike County Sheriff's Department EOW: Monday, February 19, 1917 Cause: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 14

Automobile accident: 3
Gunfire: 11

By Month

January: 3
February: 1
May: 4
July: 1
October: 2
November: 1
December: 2

By Gender

Male: 14
Female: 0

Component Agencies

Divisions or absorbed agencies:

Phelps Police Department
Phelps, KY
Fallen officers: 1

All 2012 Deaths