Police Officer Alvin Clayton Palmer, Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department, Pennsylvania

Police Officer Alvin Clayton Palmer

Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department, Pennsylvania

End of Watch Wednesday, April 12, 1995

Alvin Clayton Palmer

Police Officer Alvin Palmer succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while chasing a robbery suspect. He sustained one gunshot wound to the face during the incident.

The subject who shot him was sentenced to life in prison.

Officer Palmer was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department for 20 months. He is survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.

Bio

Age 27
Tour 1 year, 8 months
Badge 727
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Tuesday, April 11, 1995
Weapon Handgun
Offender Sentenced to life

Most Recent Reflection

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Alvin,
I remember you and your little boy at our security meeting at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza... We some how made it through those midnight shifts, protecting guests without a single weapon....You were a marine, and a fine gentlemen devil dog! We spread out through the landscape to counter the crime culture that contaminates our society. We all made it to
PDs and continue your legacy of fierce bravery towards the most violent
in our worlds. YOU ARE ALWAYS WITH US ALVIN!!

Det Michael Slaughter
Bristol Twp Bucks Co Police

November 21, 2017