Sergeant Kenneth William Hayden, Fort Wayne Police Department, Indiana

Sergeant Kenneth William Hayden

Fort Wayne Police Department, Indiana

End of Watch Tuesday, September 12, 1989

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Kenneth William Hayden

Sergeant Kenneth Hayden succumbed to complications of an accidental gunshot wound sustained 15 years earlier while responding to a robbery in progress.

Sergeant Hayden had served with the Fort Wayne Police Department for 16 years. He was survived by his wife and four sons.

Bio

Age 41
Tour 16 years
Badge 116

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Incident Date Monday, August 19, 1974

robbery

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Wow. Your brother and I played high school baseball against each other. You, my brother, {a FWPD officer} played on a slow pitch softball team that won a City Championship. The following year I joined the FWPD. You were a traffic sergeant at the time. My third day on the street, 1983, you gave me your Traffic Crash pocket template with the leather pouch. I retired in January 2020 and that template was in my left breast pocket my whole career. I stll have it. You were good to me as a team mate and even better as a human being. I will never forget you.

Sergeant Brian Burton FWPD {Retired}
Fort Wayne Police Department

March 11, 2024