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Patch image: Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, Georgia

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
Savannah, GA

Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Samuel Bryson
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, November 4, 1868
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Robert E. Read
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, November 5, 1868
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman John D. Sullivan
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, December 25, 1869
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Habersham W. Harvey
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, October 20, 1881
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman J. C. Neve
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, February 10, 1894
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Harry B. Fender
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, February 16, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Frank V. Hansen
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, June 17, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman James McGinley
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, February 20, 1916
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPatrolman William R. Mitchell
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, September 7, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Walter H. Marlow
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Philip D. Steeves
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, March 22, 1922
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman William F. Hodges
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, August 10, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman William C. Ellzey
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, September 26, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman O. Raymond Hughes
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, August 18, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPolice Officer W. Frank Godbold
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, March 29, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Samuel Webb
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, April 13, 1929
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Herbert V. Fitzgerald
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, August 1, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman James E. Roughen
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, January 22, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GASergeant Perry L. Anderson
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, October 27, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPolice Officer William S. Winn
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, November 1, 1934
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPolice Officer John J. O'Riley
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, October 21, 1939
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Earl W. Eubanks
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, December 23, 1941
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GASergeant William M. Sheppard
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, June 9, 1951
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman James W. Todd
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, December 12, 1952
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman H. Dan Rolison
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, September 25, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPatrolman Harry H. Akins
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, November 21, 1962
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAOfficer Jimmy Lee Bland
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, September 26, 1966
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GADetective Frank W. Mobley
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, July 20, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GALieutenant Dennis Witherington
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, August 24, 1969
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman Robert D. Watford
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, September 18, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPolice Officer Daniel Alexander Hodgson
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, March 20, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPatrolman James E. Marchbanks
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAPatrol Officer Frank A. Kania
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, May 24, 1979
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GASergeant John Joseph (J.J.) Brown
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Chatham County Police Department, GAOfficer Doreen E. McCumber
Chatham County Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, November 4, 1988
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAOfficer Mark Allen MacPhail Sr.
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, August 19, 1989
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Savannah Police Department, GAPolice Officer Willie Samuel Smith
Savannah Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, March 11, 1994
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 37

Automobile accident: 2
Gunfire: 22
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 1
Motorcycle accident: 7
Struck by vehicle: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is comprised of the following independent agencies and/or components (Note: Some of the agencies and/or components no longer exist):

Chatham County Police Department
Savannah Police Department

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