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Cleveland Police Department
Cleveland, OH

Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHWatchman John Osborne
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, December 1, 1853
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Michael Kick
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, June 15, 1875
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective William Hulligan
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, February 6, 1887
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Nicholas Sheehan
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, September 5, 1894
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman John Shipp
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, May 6, 1900
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Lieutenant William Foulks
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, September 29, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Louis Weick
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1903
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman James H. Stedman
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, January 25, 1905
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Herman Reimer
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, January 28, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Walter Chapman
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 22, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Edward Parker
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, June 19, 1912
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Leroy Bouker
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, November 28, 1912
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Albert Miller
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1913
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Charles Goetz
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, May 5, 1916
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHSergeant Henry Froelich
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, September 25, 1916
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Edward Meaney
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1916
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Elmer Glaefke
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, September 12, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William Brown
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, September 29, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Alfred Ressler
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 6, 1918
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William Armstrong
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, March 9, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Frank Moranz
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, September 26, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHSergeant William C. Isaac
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, December 1, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Robert Shelton
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, December 7, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Walter J. Pruehs
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, October 18, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Albert Block
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, February 12, 1921
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman August E. Dyke
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, March 24, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Elmer Sprosty
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Frank Koran
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, November 25, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Samuel Kilbane
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, April 19, 1923
Cause of Death: Animal related
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Dennis Griffin
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, May 11, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Roy R. Nightwine
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, May 11, 1924
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Frank Sugan
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, June 28, 1924
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Peter Fromm
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, February 13, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Henry A. Richter
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, February 27, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Charles Frantz
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, April 14, 1925
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman John F. Saxton
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, February 15, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William J. Borgman
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, April 20, 1926
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Richard White
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, August 3, 1927
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Albert Flemke
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, March 22, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Anthony Wieczorek
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 13, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Ernest L. Ford
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, September 19, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Carl H. Sherman
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Edward Butler
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, November 3, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman James F. Ryan
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, January 8, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective John S. Buettner
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 9, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Herman B. Pahler
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman George C. Effinger
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, March 20, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Harold Beingesser
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1935
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Harry McCue
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 1935
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Martin J. Carlin
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, August 3, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William Burmeister
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, October 20, 1935
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Joseph Ternansky
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, April 1, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Otto Mosholder
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, December 10, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Gerald N. Bode
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1937
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Virgil T. Bayne
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, December 18, 1937
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman John J. Cleary
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, January 4, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Raymond H. Griffin
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, May 30, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Robert Wehegan
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, July 8, 1938
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Louis Mlakar
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 20, 1938
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman James Francis Goggin
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, January 13, 1939
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Clarence T. Smith
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, June 6, 1939
Cause of Death: Fire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Otto J. Ziska
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, March 31, 1940
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman James Goodwin
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, May 4, 1942
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHSergeant Patrick Ryan
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, January 14, 1944
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Forney L. Haas
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, December 8, 1951
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Eugene Stinchcomb
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, May 12, 1952
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William Hudec
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 30, 1955
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Warren Stainbrook
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 30, 1955
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Joseph Haydu
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1956
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHLieutenant Edward Gustav Lentz
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, December 9, 1957
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Edgar Nagie
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, March 26, 1958
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Martin Mrugacz
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 29, 1960
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Arthur W. Guenther
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, December 19, 1961
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William J. Greller
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, September 18, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Chester Burmeister
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, December 23, 1964
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Frank Humr
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, October 29, 1965
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Steve J. Huber
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, May 11, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Louis Golonka
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Willard J. Wolff
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHLieutenant Leroy Jones
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, July 23, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Roy W. Buckner Jr.
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, November 11, 1968
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Kenneth R. Houser
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, April 2, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective John Apanites Jr.
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, April 7, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Joseph Phillip Tracz Jr.
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, September 28, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Tom Sam Hakaim
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, April 3, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William Nagy
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, May 14, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Frederick D. Vacha
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, June 20, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman William Nathan Shapiro
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, April 26, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Philip Patrick Maher
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, May 29, 1975
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Edward W. Murray Jr.
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 2, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHCaptain Jerome C. Poelking
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, December 8, 1975
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman John S. Reese
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 2, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman John L. Hubbell
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, June 4, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective George Zicarelli
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, September 17, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHOfficer Desmond Sherry
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, July 3, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPolice Officer Anthony Jerome Johnson
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, October 21, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Benjamin F. Grair Jr.
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Friday, August 5, 1983
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Stephen M. Kovach
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, March 11, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Ernest Cecil Holbert
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, October 27, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrolman Thomas J. Smith
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Tuesday, March 9, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrol Officer Edward Claybrooks
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, December 28, 1996
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPatrol Officer Hilary S. Cudnik
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Monday, December 30, 1996
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHDetective Robert James Clark II
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1998
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPolice Officer Wayne A. Leon
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Sunday, June 25, 2000
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPolice Officer Jonathan James (AJ) Schroeder
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Thursday, August 31, 2006
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Cleveland Police Department, OHPolice Officer Derek Wayne Owens
Cleveland Police Department, OH
EOW: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 106

Animal related: 1
Assault: 2
Automobile accident: 6
Duty related illness: 2
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 1
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 74
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 8
Stabbed: 2
Struck by train: 2
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

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