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Columbus Division of Police
Columbus, OH

Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHOfficer Cyrus Beebe
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, April 27, 1854
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHDetective Abe Kleeman
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, September 15, 1899
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Daniel E. Davis
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, June 7, 1905
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Harry E. Campbell
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, December 24, 1908
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Frank P. Ward
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, June 9, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHOfficer William Sexton
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, March 25, 1913
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Joseph Lavender
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, June 26, 1913
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman James Ballard
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, November 9, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman John Laufhutte
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 22, 1916
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHDetective William Rourke
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, November 24, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman David L. Jenkins
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, February 8, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Adolph G. Schneider
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, September 23, 1920
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHDetective Charles E. Tiller
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, October 28, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Jesse Reall
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, February 26, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Granston P. Koehler
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, November 28, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Troy C. Stewart
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, April 22, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Harry E. Shaffer
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, March 9, 1925
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHOfficer Walter O. Womeldorf
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, May 29, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman William Sweinsberger
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1926
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Horace D. Elliott
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1927
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Thomas Day
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1931
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Leslie Green
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Sunday, October 4, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Ross Porter
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, July 23, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Edward J. Murphy
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, May 11, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman John P. Sears
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, November 30, 1936
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHDetective Robert R. Cline
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, February 5, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Campbell K. Jenkins
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, January 9, 1939
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman John M. McCullough
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Sunday, January 18, 1942
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Thomas E. Webb
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, August 17, 1956
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Richard E. Taylor
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, January 19, 1963
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHLieutenant Allen E. Fraley
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, November 6, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Robert F. Lisska
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, May 26, 1965
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHOfficer Daniel Alfred Redding
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, July 27, 1965
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman William G. Wells
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, December 21, 1965
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHAuxiliary Police Officer Lawrence Vernon Kipfinger
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, October 13, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Curtis L. Staton
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, March 22, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman Joseph Andrew Edwards
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, August 28, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPatrolman James K. Reed
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, May 18, 1974
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHSergeant Dale W. McCann
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, June 7, 1974
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Roger Lee Brown
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1976
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Michael Joseph Bernard Smith
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1976
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Martin W. Yawarsky
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, September 6, 1980
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHOfficer Gordon Joseph Rich
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, April 5, 1986
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Richard Fickeisen
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Monday, June 1, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, March 9, 1989
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Robin H. Nye
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, January 4, 1991
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Raymond E. Radel
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, April 25, 1991
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Chris Edward Clites
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Friday, December 10, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHSergeant Marc Muncy
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Wednesday, April 5, 1995
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Keith Lee Evans
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Sunday, July 9, 1995
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHLieutenant Christopher Neal Claypool
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Sunday, April 29, 2001
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Melissa M. Foster
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Saturday, December 4, 2004
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Bryan S. Hurst
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, January 6, 2005
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Columbus Division of Police, OHPolice Officer Timothy Allen Haley
Columbus Division of Police, OH
EOW: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Cause of Death: Duty related illness


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 54

Automobile accident: 8
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 2
Fall: 1
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 4
Struck by streetcar: 1
Struck by vehicle: 2
Vehicular assault: 6

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