Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 66

  • Aircraft accident 3
  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 6
  • Duty related illness 2
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 34
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 5
  • Motorcycle crash 1
  • Stabbed 3
  • Struck by vehicle 3
  • Vehicle pursuit 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alaska 1
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 7
  • Colorado 1
  • Florida 3
  • Illinois 1
  • Kansas 2
  • Kentucky 4
  • Louisiana 2
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Mississippi 2
  • Missouri 1
  • Nevada 1
  • New Jersey 1
  • New York 5
  • North Carolina 1
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 4
  • Railroad Police 2
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 3
  • Texas 2
  • Tribal Police 1
  • U.S. Government 4
  • Virginia 1
  • Washington 3
  • Wisconsin 3
  • Wyoming 1

Inspector Charles E. Jones

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US

EOW: Thursday, March 19, 1908

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Inspector Charles R. Logan

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US

EOW: Thursday, March 19, 1908

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Game Warden August Olson

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, MN

EOW: Sunday, March 19, 1922

Cause: Duty related illness

Inspector Ralph E. Bowden

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US

EOW: Saturday, March 19, 1932

Cause: Heart attack