{"officer":{"id":"9740","cause_id":"19","agency_id":"1136","rank_id":"34","first_name":"James","nickname":null,"middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Mumford","suffix":null,"badge":"Not available","gender":"M","age":"54","is_approved":"1","is_veteran":null,"is_odmp_discovered":null,"race":"C","tour_of_duty_days":"5 years, 6 months","date_eow":"Friday, November 15, 1963","date_doi":"Friday, November 15, 1963","incident_state":"TX","weapon_id":"28","incident_description":"Chief of Police James Mumford was shot and killed while assisting a highway patrolman stop a stolen car on Highway 290.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen the suspect's car was forced to stop the driver exited the car and opened fire with a handgun, striking Chief Mumford in the head. The highway patrolman was also shot and seriously wounded but was able to return fire. Two passing motorists were able to subdue the suspect.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe man who shot him was sentenced to 12 years in jail.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nChief Mumford had served with the Elgin Police Department for 18 months and had previously served as chief of the Granger Police Department for four years. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.","extra_incident_id":null,"extra_incident_name":null,"suspect_information":"Sentenced to 12 years","related":null,"nleomf_panel":"30","nleomf_line":"4","nleomf_dir":"E","odmp_notes":null,"dt_created":"2002-01-01 00:00:00","dt_updated":"2020-07-18 23:15:22","updater":"chris","incident_loc_lat":null,"incident_loc_lon":null,"is_lodd_sent":"1","dt_approved":"2002-01-01 00:00:00","is_felonious":"1","full_name":"James M. Mumford","rank":"Chief of Police","cause":"Gunfire","weapon":"Handgun","extra_incident":"","agency":"Elgin Police Department","agency_type":"Police (Municipal & County)","address1":"202 Depot Street","address2":null,"city":"Elgin","hq_state":"TX","state_abbr":"TX","agency_zip":"78621","state":"Texas","incident_state_name":"Texas","parole_id":null,"parole_date":null,"is_parole_published":null,"is_flagged":"0","flagged_comment":null,"flagged_date":null,"flagged_by":null,"created_by":null,"photo":{"id":"23248","media_type":"image","related_table":"officer","related_id":"9740","filename":"james-mumford.jpg","is_primary":"1"},"alt_photos":[{"id":"23247","media_type":"image","related_table":"officer","related_id":"9740","filename":"mumford%2C-james-m..jpg","is_primary":"0"}],"patch":{"id":"14272","media_type":"image","related_table":"agency","related_id":"1136","filename":"1136.jpg","is_primary":"1"},"url":"\/officer\/9740-chief-of-police-james-m-mumford","reflection_url":"\/officer\/reflections\/9740-chief-of-police-james-m-mumford","ogtitle":"Chief of Police James Mumford was shot and killed while assisting a highway patrolman stop a stolen car on Highway 290."},"cms_content_sign_up_benefits":"","officer_tags":"stolen vehicle, traffic stop","total_reflections":13,"reflections":[{"id":"1007556","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2022-07-06 14:34:20","content":"The judge should have to share his cell!!","signature":null,"sender_name":"Nan Hadorn","sender_agency":"Citizen","sender_email":"nhadorn@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":null},{"id":"965196","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2021-06-05 06:05:36","content":"RIP Chief Mumford, 12 years...Disgraceful! He should have not ever stepped out of that prison until Satan called and said his room was ready. I am sorry for the loss your family and friends felt as they lost your living presence in their lives.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Livingston County, KY","sender_agency":"Sister of Roger Lynch","sender_email":"judylynchcoleman@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":null},{"id":"641807","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2013-11-14 16:07:58","content":"I did not have the opportunity to meet you but I know by all of the stories that have been shared with me that you where an honorable man. I am proud to call you grandpa.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Kristi Gauthier - Granddaughter","sender_agency":"November 14, 2013","sender_email":"kgauthier324@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":"199.115.190.241"},{"id":"625893","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2013-06-03 11:08:13","content":"I remember Chief Mumford. He straightened me out when I was a little kid; just by lecturing me while addressing my dad. I'm grateful for that. I'm an Elginite and I was there shortly after Chief Mumford was killed; I remember seeing him lying on the ground between the open door of the car and front car seat with a bullet hole to the forehead. I will never forget that. I was just 11 years old at the time.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Alfred Beltran","sender_agency":"Elginite","sender_email":"alfred.beltran@austinenergy.com","sender_ip_address":"198.214.232.10"},{"id":"522280","user_id":"64","officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2011-11-13 20:07:19","content":"Your heroism and service is honored today, the 48th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.\n\nRest In Peace\n\n","signature":null,"sender_name":"Phyllis Loya","sender_agency":"mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, PPD, eow 4\/24\/05","sender_email":"phyllisloya@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":"67.49.57.69"},{"id":"521701","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2011-11-07 17:01:29","content":"I have served the Elgin Police Department over 5 years total.  I started my career with the Elgin Police Department in about 1987-1988.  I did not know Chief Mumford, however I did know the DPS Trooper, Tommy Mosley who went on to become Justice of the Peace her in Elgin.  I am now back working at the Elgin Police Department and have a photograph of the Elgin Police force including Chief Mumford hanging in my Office. Rest in Peace Chief Mumford and thank you for your service.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Detective","sender_agency":"Elgin Police Department","sender_email":"cwalker@pd.ci.elgin.tx.us","sender_ip_address":"70.249.36.150"},{"id":"473556","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2010-11-15 16:58:30","content":"Your service & sacrifice, to the great state of Texas, was not in vain. Your legacy lives on in your descendants. I only wish that I could have met you. Rest in peace, Grandpa.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Rebecca Baker","sender_agency":"Granddaughter","sender_email":"rsbaker@rocketmail.com","sender_ip_address":"450998fe"},{"id":"346046","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2008-05-28 14:05:43","content":"Chief Mumford your work on this Earth as we know it is done. You are in God's Hands now brother. May you rest in peace.","signature":null,"sender_name":"SGT. Daryl Brewer","sender_agency":"Clarksville Police Dept.  Clarksville, Tennessee","sender_email":"dbrewer@clarksvillepd.org","sender_ip_address":"189f374a"},{"id":"299434","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2007-11-28 14:33:26","content":"You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service","signature":null,"sender_name":"Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH","sender_agency":"Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH","sender_email":"vdbconsulting@aol.com","sender_ip_address":"d86beb14"},{"id":"296499","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2007-11-13 15:29:13","content":"Rest easy on this the anniversary of your sacrifice. You served well and you shall not be forgotten.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Captain Keith A. Mumford","sender_agency":"MCSD\/Wishard Health","sender_email":"kmumford1963@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":"4cfbe2e0"},{"id":"286498","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2007-10-13 12:46:34","content":"What you started, we carry on today.  Rest in Peace","signature":null,"sender_name":"Anonymous","sender_agency":"Future Elgin PD officer","sender_email":"caldwell206@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":"20973593"},{"id":"183017","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2006-08-15 12:46:10","content":"We share a name, a career and the year 1963. You died a HERO when I was just 6 months old. I don't know if we were blood related, but you are still a brother and I will remember you. You served well. Rest In Peace.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Captain Keith A. Mumford","sender_agency":"Marion County Sheriff's Department \/ Wishard Health","sender_email":"kmumford1963#yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":"86442012"},{"id":"75514","user_id":null,"officer_id":"9740","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2004-10-06 06:05:41","content":"rest in peace brother, you servde well","signature":null,"sender_name":"","sender_agency":"","sender_email":"","sender_ip_address":"98a36441"}],"agency":{"id":"1136","name":"Elgin Police Department","state":"TX","address1":"202 Depot Street","address2":null,"city":"Elgin","zipcode":"78621","hq_state":"TX","phone":null,"current_agency_id":null,"agency_type_id":"17","chief_exec_name":null,"chief_exec_phone":null,"chief_exec_email":null,"benefits_poc_name":null,"benefits_poc_phone":null,"benefits_poc_email":null,"benefits_poc_cc_name":null,"benefits_poc_cc_email":null,"benefits_notes":null,"agency_uri":null,"agency_lat":"30.3474540","agency_lon":"-97.3717620","dt_created":null,"dt_updated":"2016-09-20 19:26:57","agency_type":"Police (Municipal & County)","state_name":"Texas","hq_state_name":"Texas","lodd_count":"1","k9_lodd_count":null,"current_agency_name":null,"patch":{"id":"14272","media_type":"image","related_table":"agency","related_id":"1136","filename":"1136.jpg","is_primary":"1"},"component_agencies":false},"related_officers":[],"related_k9s":[],"hide_add_hero":0}