Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale, Pawtucket Police Department, Rhode Island

Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale

Pawtucket Police Department, Rhode Island

End of Watch Monday, June 30, 1958

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Thomas Truesdale

Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale and Patrolman Emil Newberg were both shot and killed as they tried to disarm a suicidal man who had barricaded himself in a bathroom with a pistol. The suspect, 35, had walked away from a V A veterans mental institution in Brockton, Mass. on October 21, 1957. He was committed in Providence mental hospital where he died in 1983.

Detective Lieutenant Truesdale had served with the Pawtuckett Police Department for 37 years and was killed on his 58th birthday.

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Age 58
Tour 37 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber
Offender Committed

barricade, suicidal subject

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Lieutenant Truesdale, it has been 66 years since you were taken from us. New England law enforcement has continued to thrive, learn, and become safer due to the traditions and sacrifices you, your family, and many others have made for us. Thank you for your 37 years of law enforcement service.

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

June 30, 2024