Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 58

  • Aircraft accident 1
  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 5
  • Electrocuted 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 32
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 1
  • Influenza Pandemic 1
  • Motorcycle crash 3
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by streetcar 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 1
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arizona 1
  • Arkansas 2
  • California 4
  • Colorado 1
  • Florida 4
  • Georgia 1
  • Illinois 1
  • Indiana 2
  • Kansas 1
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Michigan 3
  • Missouri 3
  • Nebraska 1
  • Nevada 1
  • New York 4
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Puerto Rico 5
  • Railroad Police 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 3
  • Texas 7
  • U.S. Government 2
  • Wisconsin 1
Detective Joseph E. Essington | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Detective Joseph E. Essington

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR

EOW: Monday, November 12, 1923

Cause: Struck by train

Private William D. Allen | United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, U.S. Government

Private William D. Allen

United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, US

EOW: Monday, November 12, 1923

Cause: Electrocuted

Deputy R. D. Purifoy | Nevada County Sheriff's Department, Arkansas
Nevada County Sheriff's Department, Arkansas

Deputy R. D. Purifoy

Nevada County Sheriff's Department, AR

EOW: Thursday, November 12, 1992

Cause: Assault

Deputy Troy M. Babin | Osceola County Sheriff's Office, Florida
Osceola County Sheriff's Office, Florida

Deputy Troy M. Babin

Osceola County Sheriff's Office, FL

EOW: Saturday, November 12, 1994

Cause: Aircraft accident