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Tulsa Police Department
Tulsa, OK

Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKSergeant John Herrod
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, November 9, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Glenn Allison
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, February 7, 1918
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective W. C. Meachem
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, June 8, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Ed Yoakum
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Wednesday, October 27, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKOfficer Harry H. Aurandt
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, December 20, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Robert Donnelly
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, February 26, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Robert Jackson
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, October 31, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer William Sydney Brooks
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Wednesday, December 31, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective James Wooley
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, January 23, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective Henry C. Morrison
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, April 23, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective Lawrence B. Mitchell
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, July 22, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Walter N. Clark
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Edward W. Von Holten
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Wednesday, March 24, 1937
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer L. R. Rogers
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, March 16, 1941
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Walter C. Busch
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Jerry St. Clair
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, September 2, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective Sylvester Cormack
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, September 12, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective Ben Johnston
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, January 3, 1947
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKSergeant Ray Cowan
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, February 4, 1947
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Lawrence Inman
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, March 13, 1947
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Claude Lynch
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, November 28, 1948
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer James S. Peters
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, April 14, 1949
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective Cornelius W. White
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, May 18, 1951
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Wallace Eugene Casey
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, May 12, 1957
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKDetective Nelson F. Williams
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, June 2, 1958
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Alan Yerton
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, December 24, 1959
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Leroy E. Cowles
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, September 8, 1961
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKOfficer Thomas E. Milstead
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, November 30, 1961
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Hugh Greer
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, April 27, 1962
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKOfficer George Lee Brady
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, April 13, 1963
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKSergeant Jerome Thurman Spybuck
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKAuxiliary Police Officer Glenn Truman Wortham
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, July 15, 1973
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Carl V. Kime Jr.
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, November 5, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKSergeant Don L. Byerley
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, December 15, 1980
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Fabrienne Margot Van Arsdell
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, July 25, 1981
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Kelley L. Smythe
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, March 26, 1982
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer Chance Frederick Whiteman III
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, March 26, 1982
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKPolice Officer James Albert Slay
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, November 10, 1986
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKOfficer Gus George Spanos
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, April 23, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Tulsa Police Department, OKSenior Patrol Officer Dick Vernon Hobson Jr.
Tulsa Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, June 10, 1996
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 40

Aircraft accident: 2
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 2
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 1
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 4

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