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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 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 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 H. 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
Aux. Off. Lawrence 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
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
Off. J. E. Thompson-Bowman    April 2, 1978    March 9, 1989
Officer Robyn Nye    March 7, 1965    January 4, 1991
Officer Raymond Radel    October 31, 1966    April 25, 1991
Officer Chris 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
Lt. 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 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

- Traditional Fallen Officer Memorial Speech (Cmdr. Mathias)