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Des Moines Police Department
Des Moines, IA

Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IASpecial Officer Edward H. (Elijah) Wishart
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1891
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IADetective Frank Delmege
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Monday, September 20, 1909
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAOfficer George W. Mattern
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Friday, April 12, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAChief of Police Charles Chester Jackson
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Monday, December 16, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IADetective Cornelius J. McCarthy
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Monday, September 29, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman Ollie D. Thomas
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Thursday, August 20, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman Gerald D. Pickett
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Thursday, September 24, 1925
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman James A. Staggs
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Friday, April 20, 1928
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman Harry Ogilvie
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Saturday, July 12, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IASergeant Rupert L. Shepherd
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Friday, August 1, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IASergeant James Joshua Cowart
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Monday, December 7, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IASergeant Harry Linn Booton
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Sunday, December 11, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IACaptain Steven Tabor Howard
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman George Wesley Schane
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Monday, May 4, 1942
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IACaptain Charles T. Andreano
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Thursday, July 30, 1964
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman James Emory Rodine
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Tuesday, August 13, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPatrolman Brian Charles Melton
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPolice Officer Dennis Earl Hill
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Sunday, August 28, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Des Moines Police Department, IAPolice Officer Sean Wissink
Des Moines Police Department, IA
EOW: Sunday, February 11, 2007
Cause of Death: Automobile accident


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 19

Automobile accident: 2
Gunfire: 12
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 2
Vehicular assault: 1

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