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Police Memorial
Police Memorial
Honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in their public service...
Name
Date Hired
Date of Passing
Officer Cyrus Beebe
Unknown
April 27, 1854
Officer John Manning
January 26, 1888
November 17, 1888
Detective Abe Kleeman
Unknown
September 15, 1899
Patrolman Daniel Davis
Unknown, 1899
June 7, 1908
Patrolman Harry E. Campbell
Sept. 27, 1906
December 24, 1908
Patrolman Frank P. Ward
May 8, 1911
July, 1911
Officer William Sexton
May 1, 1905
March 25, 1913
Patrolman James Ballard
July 1, 1913
November 9, 1914
Patrolman Joseph Lavendar
April 29, 1913
June 26, 1913
Patrolman John Laufhutte
June 10, 1916
August 22, 1916
Detective William Rourke
June 17, 1888
November 24, 1917
Patrolman David T. Jenkins
May 17, 1917
February 8, 1919
Patrolman Adolph G. Schneider
May 20, 1899
September 23, 1920
Detective Charles E. Tiller
May 17, 1917
October 28, 1920
Patrolman Jesse Reall
October 9, 1918
February 26, 1921
Patrolman Granston P. Koehler
July 1, 1913
November 28, 1922
Patrolman Troy C. Stewart
October 11, 1923
April 22, 1924
Patrolman Harry E. Shaffer
July 1, 1920
March 9, 1925
Detective Walter O. Womeldorf
July 1, 1920
May 29, 1925
Patrolman W. Sweinsberger
February 11, 1903
January 7, 1926
Patrolman Horace D. Elliott
July 13, 1923
March 29, 1927
Patrolman Leroy W. Wade
N/A
January 28, 1928
Patrolman Thomas Day
July 1, 1920
July 7, 1931
Patrolman Leslie Green
May 2, 1928
October 4, 1931
Patrolman Ross Porter
March 27, 1922
June 23, 1934
Patrolman Edward J. Murphy
October 9, 1922
May 11, 1935
Chief Frederick F. Kundts
December 19, 1922
March 22, 1936
Patrolman John P. Sears
Nov. 1, 1922
November 30, 1936
Detective Robert R. Cline
February 1, 1927
February 5, 1938
Patrolman Cambell K. Jenkins
August 23, 1937
January 9, 1939
Patrolman John M. McCullough
March 5, 1941
January 18, 1942
Patrolman Thomas E. Webb
March 24, 1950
August 17, 1956
Patrolman Richard E. Taylor
April 16, 1953
January 18, 1963
Lieutenant Allen E. Fraley
June 16, 1950
November 6, 1964
Patrolman Robert F. Lisska
July 1, 1959
May 27, 1965
Officer Daniel A. Redding
April 13, 1955
July 27, 1965
Patrolman William G. Wells
April 16, 1953
December 21, 1965
Officer (Aux.) Lawrence V. Kipfinger
Unknown, 1957
October 14, 1969
Patrolman Curtis L. Staton
March 16, 1970
March 22, 1972
Patrolman Joseph A. Edwards
October 11, 1970
August 28, 1972
Officer James Reed
January 2, 1972
May 18, 1974
Sergeant Dale W. McCann
April 13, 1955
June 7, 1974
Officer Roger L. Brown
April 1, 1967
August 11, 1976
Officer Michael J. Smith
August 13, 1972
August 11, 1976
Officer Martin Yawarsky
August 10, 1978
September 6, 1980
Officer Gordon Rich
August 26, 1963
April 5, 1986
Officer Richard Fickeisen
Feb. 15, 1955
June 1, 1987
Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman
April 2, 1978
March 9, 1989
Officer Robyn Nye
March 7, 1965
January 4, 1991
Officer Raymond E. Radel
October 31, 1966
April 25, 1991
Officer Chris E. Clites
May 27, 1990
December 10, 1993
Sergeant Marc Muncy
October 16, 1988
April 5, 1995
Officer Keith L Evans
March 16, 1970
July 9, 1995
Lieutenant Christopher N. Claypool
June 16, 1987
April 29, 2001
Officer Melissa Foster
Nov. 19, 1997
December 4, 2004
Officer Bryan Hurst
Nov. 3, 1996
January 6, 2005
Officer Timothy A. Haley
October 4, 1987
August 26, 2008
Officer Thomas Hayes
Dec. 3, 1972
January 20, 2011
Officer Steven M. Smith
May 19, 1989
April 12, 2016
Individual Memorandums of (the above) Fallen Officers
Fallen Officer Memorial Speech
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