Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 1927
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: 19 years, 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 4, 1927
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1928
Patrolman John Franken succumbed to gunshot wounds he received three days earlier when he and another officer responded to a report of a man shooting two other men and a woman on Kenyon Avenue.
The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to death for Patrolman Franken's memorial. He was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio State Penitentiary on November 30, 1928.
Patrolman Franken had been with the Cincinnati Police Department for nearly 20 years and was buried at Saint Joseph Old Cemetery.