Madison Police Department, Wisconsin
End of Watch: Tuesday, December 2, 1924
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 2, 1924
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Acquitted
Patrolman Herbert Dreger was killed by a shotgun blast when he was ambushed as he walked his beat. Two suspects were arrested a short time later. Patrolman Dreger had arrested one of them three weeks earlier for drunk driving.
A month later both suspects were tried and acquitted. The suspect who Patrolman Dreger arrested for drunk driving died of natural causes in 1927.
Patrolman Dreger was survived by his wife.