Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 67

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Aircraft accident 2
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 4
  • COVID19 1
  • Explosion 1
  • Gunfire 33
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 7
  • Motorcycle crash 6
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by train 2
  • Struck by vehicle 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arkansas 5
  • California 8
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 3
  • Georgia 1
  • Illinois 2
  • Indiana 1
  • Kentucky 6
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Missouri 2
  • New Hampshire 2
  • New Jersey 1
  • New York 3
  • North Carolina 1
  • Ohio 4
  • Oklahoma 3
  • Oregon 2
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • Railroad Police 1
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 6
  • U.S. Government 2
  • Utah 1
  • Virginia 1
  • Washington 1

Patrolman Tom P. Holland

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX

EOW: Wednesday, April 23, 1969

Cause: Struck by train

Officer Jason Wayne Cammack

Kentucky State Police - Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division, KY

EOW: Sunday, April 23, 2000

Cause: Automobile crash