Columbus Police Department, Georgia Fallen Officers

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Columbus Police Department
Columbus, GA

Chief of Police Matthew W. Murphy
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, December 26, 1874
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer William Jackson
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1896
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Richard M. Adams
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1896
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Charlie J. Roberts
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1896
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer N. G. (Doc) Osborn
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, January 31, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer William S. Elliott
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, March 27, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Marion Marchant
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, April 17, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Nelson Harrison Gibson
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, September 12, 1915
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Charles B. Harvey
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, May 20, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer J. W. Stokes
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, May 22, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer William G. Pate
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Saturday, February 5, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Ernest S. Evans
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Friday, October 25, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Harry C. Gibson
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, April 6, 1943
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Sumpter Burns
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, November 6, 1946
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Sergeant Henry Orlander Johnson
Muscogee County Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, December 4, 1955
Cause of Death: Struck by train

Sergeant Jack E. Boone
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Thursday, February 15, 1973
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Police Officer Robert Gray Vining
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, April 21, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Billy Ray Watson
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, December 28, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer James N. Bowers
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, April 4, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Thomas M. Bowen
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, March 11, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Clois W. Lamb
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Tuesday, December 12, 1989
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Shirley Denise Winston
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Monday, December 31, 1990
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

Officer Sife Perdue
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1994
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Charles Edward Osborne Jr.
Columbus Police Department, GA
EOW: Sunday, September 11, 1994
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 24

Aircraft accident: 1
Gunfire: 19
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Motorcycle accident: 2
Struck by train: 1

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

Muscogee County Police Department

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