South Centre Township Police Department, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Tuesday, June 16, 1992
Age: 54
Tour of Duty: 33 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Training accident
Date of Incident: May 30, 1992
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Chief Derle Shoemaker died after being in a coma for 17 days. He was accidentally struck in the head which caused him to fall from a second story balcony while conducting a warrant search training exercise.
Chief Shoemaker had served with the agency for 33 years. He is survived by his wife, daughter and son.