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Patch image: Boston Police Department, Massachusetts

Boston Police Department
Boston, MA

Patch image: Boston Watch, MAWatch Officer Jonathan Houghton
Boston Watch, MA
EOW: Monday, December 19, 1825
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Boston Watch, MAWatchman David Estes
Boston Watch, MA
EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1848
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Ezekiel W. Hodsdon
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, October 18, 1857
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Alfred M. Sturdivant
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, September 4, 1904
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman John T. Lynch
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, January 16, 1908
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MASergeant Frederick Schlehuber
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, November 10, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Richard J. Gallivan
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, February 8, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Albert R. Peterson
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, October 29, 1912
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAInspector Thomas J. Norton
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, June 19, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Patrick J. Carr
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, August 1, 1916
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman John J. Earle
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, October 21, 1916
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Joseph C. Reiser
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, January 20, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Charles E. Deininger
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, February 13, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Adolph F. Butterman
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, June 16, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman William G. Clancy
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, January 22, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Ward M. Bray
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1921
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Andrew B. Cuneo
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, August 13, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Daniel J. McShane
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, January 31, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Peter P. Oginskis
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1923
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Joseph E. Gonya
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, October 21, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Albert Motroni
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, September 22, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MALieutenant Benjamin Alexander
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, July 4, 1925
Cause of Death: Structure collapse
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Frank J. Comeau
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, March 24, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Harris B. McInnes
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, July 3, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Herbert D. Allen
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, December 25, 1927
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MASergeant Edward Q. Butters
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, August 14, 1929
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman John I. Jackson
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, September 4, 1929
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective James J. Troy
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, January 13, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Franklin B. Dreyer
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, April 24, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Frederick W. Bartlett
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, December 10, 1930
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MALieutenant Joseph L. A. Cavagnaro
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, November 17, 1931
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman William L. Abbot
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, November 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MASergeant John P. M. Wolfe
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1931
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman George J. Hanley
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, March 20, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman James T. Malloy
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, June 4, 1934
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman James Brickley
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, November 25, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Daniel A. McCallum
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1935
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman James D. Hughes
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, September 10, 1935
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman James B. Roche
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, March 21, 1936
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Laurence V. Sheridan
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, July 28, 1937
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Walter Baxter
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, August 4, 1937
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman John G. Ralph
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, October 7, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman John H. Manning
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1938
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Paul J. Murnane
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, September 23, 1938
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Thomas A. Davis
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, April 13, 1939
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Patrick C. Gannon
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, April 2, 1940
Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Frank B. Callahan
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Tuesday, February 20, 1945
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MASergeant William F. Healey
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, October 2, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Michael J. Crowley
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, May 12, 1961
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman John J. Gallagher
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, May 25, 1962
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman James B. O'Leary
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, August 2, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective George J. Holmes
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, November 6, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Charles A. McNabb
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, November 23, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Francis B. Johnson
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, March 17, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Walter A. Schroeder
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, September 24, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Joseph M. Mullen
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, December 18, 1972
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective John D. Schroeder
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, November 30, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Donald A. Brown
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, May 24, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective Francis E. Creamer
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, October 7, 1974
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MASergeant Richard F. Halloran
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, November 6, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPolice Officer William R. Beckman
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, September 1, 1976
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective Roy Joseph Sergei
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, October 26, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective Thomas J. Gill
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Wednesday, February 10, 1988
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective Sherman C. Griffiths
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1988
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPatrolman Louis H. Metaxas
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1989
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAOfficer Jeremiah J. Hurley Jr.
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Monday, October 28, 1991
Cause of Death: Bomb
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPolice Officer Thomas F. Rose
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, February 19, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MADetective John James Mulligan
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Sunday, September 26, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Boston Police Department, MAPolice Officer Berisford Wayne Anderson
Boston Police Department, MA
EOW: Saturday, February 5, 1994
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 69

Assault: 4
Automobile accident: 8
Bomb: 1
Exposure to toxins: 1
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 35
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 5
Structure collapse: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

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