2001 4 29 Claypool Christopher Neal
Lieutenant Christopher Neal Claypool

Entered Division of Police
June 14, 1987
Died In the Line of Duty
April 29, 2001

It was the early morning hours of April 29th, 2001 when Lieutenant Christopher N. Claypool responded to the report of a property damage auto accident on Refugee Road near the intersection of Eastland Mall. Lieutenant Claypool stopped to provide assistance to the involved motorists to insure that no one had been injured.

Lieutenant Claypool had checked on the occupants on the North side of Refugee Road and was attempting to cross Refugee Road to check on the motorists on the South side of the street when a speeding car driving East on Refugee Road struck Lt. Claypool before fleeing the area.  Despite the heroic efforts of Officers and Firefighters at the scene, as well as the doctors and nurses of the Grant Hospital Emergency Room, Lt. Claypool succumbed to his injuries.

His wife and two children survive Lieutenant Claypool, a 13-year veteran of the Division of Police.