Phoenix Police Department, Arizona
End of Watch Friday, May 27, 1988
Add to My HeroesKenneth L. Collings
Police Officer Kenneth Collings was shot and killed while working a uniformed off-duty security job at a local bank at W. McDowell Road and 21rst Avenue.
He was in the process of arresting two robbery suspects at a Valley National Bank branch when one of the suspects opened fire, fatally wounding him. One of the men was arrested shortly thereafter. The second suspect was arrested in Mexico in June 2000 after being wounded in a shootout with police.
The man was extradited to Arizona after state prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. In November 2002 he was sentenced to life in prison.
Officer Collings was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for eight years. He was survived by his mother and four sisters.
Bio
- Age 32
- Tour 8 years
- Badge 3855
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Sentenced to life
Most Recent Reflection
View all 63 ReflectionsI am a author to a book series The Dead and the Bizarre are here and all around us Final Chapter 4 . I am dedicating the brave police officer who gave his life up protecting us while we work and sleep. I don't want his family to think that he's forgotten and what he did one day helping his fellow brother out. A story about him will be in my book and will be read around the world. Please write to me at my email address if you have a wonderful head and shoulder photo with his uniform on to be present in my book of acknowledgements. God rest his soul and you will be remembered from the time this book gets published and for the next 70s on the book shelves all around the world.
David Landry
Department of Defense Federal Police Officer Retired
March 19, 2021
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