Officer Michael J. Smith
Entered Division of Police
August 13, 1972
Died In the Line of Duty
August 11, 1976
Officer Roger L. Brown, 35, entered the department on April 1, 1967. His partner, Officer Michael J. Smith, 32, entered the department on August 13, 1972. On the morning of August 11, 1976, while responding to the aid of other officers who were involved in a vehicular chase on the City’s far east side, the fleeing vehicle crashed head-on into the officer's cruiser at the intersection of Livingston Avenue and Hamilton Road. Both officers were killed instantly. The suspect also died in the collision.