List of Philadelphia Police Department officers who died in the line of duty
The following Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) officers died in the line of duty or were killed off-duty.
Officers
Key
shaded rows with "L/D" in the Notes cell denotes the officer died at a later date than the day of the incident.
shaded rows with "O/D" in the Notes cell denotes the officer was killed while off duty.
shaded rows with "O/D-L/D" in the Notes cell denotes the officer was off duty when injured, and died at a later date than the day of the incident.
shaded rows with a FPP in the Notes cell denotes the officers were Fairmount Park Police.
Name | Rank | Badge number | Unit | Date of death | Age | Cause of death | Notes |
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Steven Heimer | Watchman | Patrol | 1828 | ||||
Neil Mooney | Watchman | Patrol | 1856 | Gunfire | |||
Dennis Sullivan | Police Officer | Patrol | 1870 | Assault | |||
Lewis Lare | Police Officer | Patrol | August 16, 1872 | Gunfire | |||
Daniel McGonigle | Police Officer | 262 | Patrol | 1872 | Gunfire | ||
Henry O’Donnell | Police Officer | 893 | Patrol | 1876 | Sunstroke | ||
George McGonigal | Police Officer | 840 | Patrol | 1877 | Gunfire | ||
George Jackson | Police Officer | Patrol | 1887 | Assault | |||
William Johnston | Police Officer | Patrol | 1887 | Gunfire | |||
Elmer Findley | Police Officer | Patrol | 1891 | Gunfire | |||
John Chambers | Police Officer | Patrol | 1894 | Gunfire | |||
Charles O. Conaway | Police Officer | 634 | Patrol | 1900 | Pinned by Trolley (during rescue attempt) | ||
Edward George | Police Officer | 637 | Patrol | 1902 | Struck by Trolley | ||
John J. Donovan | Police Officer | 2002 | Patrol | September 23, 1903 | Gunfire | ||
Matthew J. Curran | Police Officer | Patrol | 1905 | Gunfire | |||
Thomas A. Sheldon | Police Officer | 623 | Patrol | 1906 | Injuries | ||
Frank Slaymaker | Police Officer | 844 | Patrol | 1906 | Gunfire | L/D | |
August F. Brusius | Police Officer | Patrol | 1907 | Gunfire | |||
Scott H. Shelley | Police Officer | Patrol | 1908 | Struck by Horses | L/D | ||
Thomas Gordon | Police Officer | Patrol | April 8, 1908 | Gunfire (accidental) | |||
Edward Mooney | Police Officer | Patrol | 1908 | Struck by Trolley | |||
Robert Simons | Police Officer | 3218 | Patrol | 1909 | Struck by Train | ||
Walter S. Gideon | Police Officer | 2816 | Patrol | 1909 | Gunfire | ||
James O’Brien | Police Officer | Patrol | 1910 | Fire | |||
William Weiss | Police Officer | Patrol | 1910 | Animal Related | |||
George Barnett | Special Officer | Patrol | 1910 | Gunfire | |||
Morris Gelles | Police Officer | Patrol | 1910 | Fire | |||
Joseph Dolphin | Police Officer | Patrol | 1912 | Struck by Trolley | |||
Thomas Dowling | Police Officer | 703 | Patrol | 1912 | Gunfire | ||
John Mann | Police Officer | Patrol | 1912 | Gunfire | |||
David M. Simpson | Police Officer | Patrol | 1912 | 26 | Stabbing | O/D | |
George Freeman | Police Officer | 2965 | Patrol | 1912 | Electrocution | ||
Frank A. Sankey | Police Officer | 2945 | Patrol | 1914 | Gunfire | ||
James Maneely | Detective | Patrol | 1915 | Gunfire | |||
Harry E. Tucker | Detective | Patrol | 1915 | Gunfire | L/D | ||
Vincent J. Moore | Police Officer | 866 | Patrol | August 11, 1916 | Vehicle Accident | L/D | |
John F. Smith | Police Officer | Patrol | 1916 | 28 | Blow to Head | ||
Fredrick J. Weingard | Police Officer | Patrol | 1917 | 31 | Gunfire | ||
Frank J. McCartney | Police Officer | Patrol | 1917 | Gunfire | |||
George Eppley | Police Officer | 2950 | Patrol | 1917 | 32 | Gunfire | |
George L. Williams | Detective | Patrol | 1918 | 54 | Gunfire | ||
Charles Dewees | Police Officer | Patrol | 1918 | 53 | Fall | L/D | |
Thompson Black | Police Officer | Patrol | 1918 | 50 | Gunfire | ||
James Wilson | Police Officer | 3013 | Patrol | 1918 | 42 | Struck by Train | |
Thomas J. McVay | Police Officer | Patrol | 1918 | Gunfire | |||
George Dingwall | Police Officer | Patrol | 1919 | 37 | Gunfire | ||
John J. Knox | Police Officer | 11 | Patrol | 1919 | 38 | Gunfire | |
Charles Danowitz | Police Officer | 3939 | Patrol | March 9, 1919 | 40 | Gunfire | |
James J. Hess | Police Officer | 3448 | Patrol | 1919 | 31 | Gunfire | |
Joseph T. Swiercynski | Police Officer | Patrol | 1919 | 27 | Gunfire | ||
Abner Braun | Police Officer | Patrol | 1919 | Gunfire | |||
Conrad E. Gibson | Police Officer | Patrol | October 4, 1919 | Gunfire | |||
Charles B. Jones | Police Officer | Patrol | October 5, 1919 | 35 | Gunfire | ||
John E. Price | Police Officer | Patrol | April 19, 1920 | 42 | Struck by Trolley | ||
Walter H. Hodges | Police Officer | 1423 | Patrol | 1920 | 60 | Accidental | |
William J. Boyd, Jr. | Police Officer | 926 | Patrol | May 12, 1920 | 32 | Assault | |
Dominic E. Nesavage | Police Officer | Patrol | September 12, 1920 | Gunfire | |||
Joseph P. McGinn | Detective | Patrol | October 3, 1920 | 46 | Gunfire | ||
John J. McAntee | Police Officer | Patrol | October 22, 1920 | 52 | Auto Accident | ||
Edward W. Kunz | Police Officer | 3650 | Patrol | 1920 | 31 | Gunfire | |
Edward W. Holtry | Police Officer | 3018 | Patrol | 1921 | 44 | Fall | L/D |
Edward S. Boynton | Police Officer | 189 | Patrol | 1921 | 43 | Traffic Accident | |
Edward W. Kelly | Police Officer | 190 | Patrol | 1921 | 35 | Traffic Accident | |
Vincent A. Hanley | Park Guard | Patrol | 1921 | 35 | Gunfire | ||
Harry J. Stauffer | Police Officer | Patrol | March 16, 1922 | 60 | Thrown from Horse | L/D | |
Thomas Brady | Police Officer | Patrol | April 24, 1922 | 59 | Struck by automobile | ||
Lawrence M. Johnson | Sergeant | Patrol | 1922 | 48 | Head wound | Injured in 1916; succumbed to injuries in 1922 | |
James A. Lambert | Police Officer | Patrol | July 16, 1922 | 40 | Gunfire | ||
John J. Toomey | Police Officer | Patrol | August 26, 1922 | 29 | Friendly Gunfire | Injured in 1920; succumbed to injuries in 1922 | |
Bartholomew Coen | Police Officer | 1761 | Patrol | 1922 | 36 | Traffic Accident | |
Thomas F. Gallagher | Police Officer | 4113 | Patrol | 1922 | 29 | Gunfire | |
William Miles | Police Officer | Patrol | February 21, 1923 | 39 | Homicide | ||
August Arnold | Police Officer | 2516 | Patrol | 1923 | 44 | Heart Attack | |
Thomas Wilkinson | Police Officer | Patrol | April 19, 1923 | 28 | Motorcycle Accident | ||
Emory L. Harman | Police Officer | Patrol | 1923 | 61 | |||
Harry R. Reinhart | Police Officer | 64 | Patrol | 1924 | 34 | Motorcycle Accident | |
Truman Swain | Detective | Patrol | July 5, 1924 | 48 | Gunfire | ||
Thomas J. Nihill | Police Officer | Patrol | September 21, 1924 | 39 | Assault | L/D | |
Robert Wise | Police Officer | 3486 | Patrol | 1924 | 47 | Gunfire | L/D |
Thomas A. Mason | Sergeant | Patrol | 1924 | 47 | Heart Attack | ||
Harry C. Lomas | Police Officer | 792 | Patrol | 1925 | 77 | Struck by automobile | |
John F. Creevy | Police Officer | 1036 | Patrol | 1925 | 64 | Gunshot Wound | L/D |
Albert Steward | Police Officer | Patrol | October 24, 1925 | Gunfire | |||
Vincent P. Foley | Police Officer | Patrol | March 20, 1949 | 44 | Heart Attack | ||
James J. Auter | Police Officer | 51 | Patrol | 1953 | 27 | Gunshot Wound (Accidental) | |
Douglas J. Alexander | Detective | 892 | Patrol | 1972 | 53 | Wound | O/D |
James J. Ramp | Police Officer | 2989 | Patrol | August 8, 1978 | 52 | Gunfire | [1] |
William Washington | Police Officer | 9614 | Patrol | 1980 | 30 | Gunfire | |
Robert P. Smith | Police Officer | 5725 | Patrol | 1980 | 50 | Heart attack | |
Ernest W. Davis | Police Officer | 1628 | Patrol | 1980 | 33 | Gunfire | |
Garrett T. Farrell | Police Officer | 4133 | Patrol | 1980 | 25 | Gunfire | |
James N. Mason | Police Officer | 1965 | Patrol | May 10, 1981 | 35 | Gunfire | Injured May 7, 1981; succumbed to injuries May 10, 1981 |
Daniel Faulkner | Police Officer | 4699 | Patrol | December 9, 1981 | 25 | Gunfire | See Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mumia Abu-Jamal. |
Richard Lendell | Police Officer | 4578 | K-9 | 1983 | 42 | Heart attack | |
Sandra Griffin | Police Officer | 3420 | Patrol | 1983 | 32 | Automobile accident | Injured January 29, 1983; succumbed to injuries two weeks later |
Stephen E. Sawka | Police Officer | 3790 | Patrol | 1983 | 27 | Heart attack | |
John F. Duffy | Police Officer | 2099 | Patrol | 1983 | 22 | Automobile accident | |
John H. McGill | Sergeant | 8530 | Patrol | 1983 | 56 | Heart attack | |
William G. McCracken | Police Officer | 5491 | Patrol | 1984 | 37 | Heart attack | |
James A. Rementer | Police Officer | 4439 | Patrol | 1985 | 51 | Heart attack | |
Thomas J. Trench | Police Officer | 3669 | Patrol | 1985 | 43 | Gunfire | |
Charles P. O'Hanlon | Police Officer | 4434 | Highway Patrol | 1985 | 40 | Struck by tractor-trailer | |
Ralph Galdi | Sergeant | 8640 | Sex Crimes | 1986 | 45 | Gunfire | |
Daniel Gleason | Police Officer | 6320 | Patrol | 1986 | 38 | Gunfire | |
Gerard W. Traynor | Detective | 9209 | Patrol | June 21, 1987 | 41 | Heart attack | |
William D. McCarthy | Police Officer | 2746 | Mounted Patrol | September 22, 1987 | 31 | Struck by automobile driven by city police officer Charles Loughran, who was legally intoxicated, also killing Officer McCarthy's horse. | See [2][3][4] |
George Hall | Sergeant | 324 | Patrol | 1989 | 44 | Heart attack | |
Albert A. Valentino | Police Officer | 7113 | Patrol | 1989 | 37 | Friendly Gunfire | |
Winfred Hunter | Police Officer | 9536 | Patrol | 1990 | 41 | Gunfire | O/D |
Joaquin "Jack" Montijo, Jr. | Police Officer | 6062 | Patrol | June 14, 1990 | 35 | Gunfire | Inured June 13, 1990; succumbed to injuries June 14, 1990 |
Freddie Dukes | Police Officer | 1241 | Highway Patrol | December 25, 1990 | 45 | Gunfire | Injured December 24, 1990; succumbed to injuries December 25, 1990 |
Daniel R. Boyle | Police Officer | 5459 | Patrol | 1991 | 22 | Gunfire | Injured February 4, 1991; succumbed to injuries several days later |
Charles Knox | Police Officer | 2540 | Patrol | 1992 | 31 | Gunfire | |
Robert S. Hayes | Police Officer | 6720 | Patrol | June 16, 1993 | 46 | Gunfire | |
Stephen Dmytryk | Police Officer | 4525 | Patrol | 1993 | 46 | Gunfire | |
Joseph Friel | Police Officer | 6267 | Patrol | 1994 | 25 | Struck by automobile | |
Kevin Williams | Police Officer | 5184 | Patrol | 1995 | 25 | Struck by automobile | |
Lauretha Vaird | Police Officer | 5897 | Patrol | 1996 | 44 | Gunfire | |
Robert Porter | Police Officer | 6478 | Patrol | 1996 | 28 | Gunfire | O/D |
Pauline Harness | Police Officer | 4139 | Patrol | September 19, 1996 | 49 | Fall | Injured September 18, 1996; succumbed to injuries September 19, 1996 |
John Cousin | Detective | 958 | Patrol | 1996 | 48 | Gunfire | O/D |
Leddie J. Brown | Police Officer | 9951 | Highway Patrol | 1997 | 30 | Struck by automobile | Injured November 27, 1997; succumbed to injuries two weeks later |
Jose M. Ortiz | Police Officer | 1431 | Patrol | September 21, 2000 | 29 | Struck by automobile | Injured September 18, 2000; succumbed to injuries September 21, 2000 |
Thomas M. Bray | Police Officer | 1302 | Marine Unit | 2001 | 52 | Drowned | Drowned under suspicious circumstances[5][6] |
Anthony Johnson | Detective | 5684 | Patrol | 2003 | 46 | Heart attack | O/D |
Paris Williams | Police Officer | 5592 | Patrol | June 21, 2005 | 52 | Heart attack | |
Gary Skerski | Police Officer | 7379 | Patrol | May 9, 2006 | 46 | Gunfire | Injured May 8, 2006; succumbed to injuries May 9, 2006 |
Walter Barclay | Police Officer | 1410 | Patrol | 2007 | 64 | Gunfire | Injured October 27, 1966; succumbed to injuries in 2007 |
Charles Cassidy | Police Officer | 2342 | Patrol | November 1, 2007 | 54 | Gunfire | Injured October 31, 2007; succumbed to injuries November 1, 2007 |
William Widmaier | Ex-PPD officer | Security | 2007 | Gunfire | Murdered in the line of law enforcement duty[7][8] | ||
Joseph Alullo | Ex-PPD officer | Security | 2007 | Gunfire | Murdered in the line of law enforcement duty[9][10] | ||
Stephen Liczbinski | Sergeant | 486 | Patrol | May 3, 2008 | 39 | Gunfire | Murdered[11] |
Isabel Nazario | Police Officer | 6341 | Strike Force | 2008 | 40 | Struck by automobile | Murdered[12] |
Patrick McDonald | Sergeant | 398 | Patrol | 2008 | 30 | Gunfire | Murdered;[13] promoted posthumously to Sergeant |
Timothy Simpson | Sergeant | 387 | Patrol | 2008 | 46 | Struck by automobile | Murdered[14] |
John Pawlowski | Police Officer | 5649 | Patrol | 2009 | 25 | Gunfire | Murdered[15] |
Brian Lorenzo | Police Officer | 5591 | Highway Patrol | July 8, 2012 | 48 | Struck by automobile | Murdered[16] |
Moses Walker Jr. | Police Officer | 2553 | Patrol | August 18, 2012 | 40 | Gunfire | Murdered[17] |
Robert Wilson III | Sgt. | 9990 | Patrol | March 5, 2015 | 30 | Gunfire | Shot during attempted robbery[18] |
See also
- List of American police officers killed in the line of duty
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
References
- General
- "Philly Heroes". Philadelphia Police Department. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- Specific
- ↑ http://www.odmp.org/officer/10987-police-officer-james-j-ramp
- ↑ "Officer Receives A Hero's Burial". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 26, 1987. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Mounted Officer Killed By Truck". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 23, 1987. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Cop's Widow Castigates Killer". philly.com. Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved June 2, 1989. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "BRAY V. U.S. CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-5150. (E.D. PA. MAR. 14, 2005)". casetext.com. Casetext. Retrieved 2005-03-14.
- ↑ Soteropoulos, Jacqueline. "Sergeant charged in theft at Pier 34 Shawn Dougherty is accused of taking empty beer kegs from the collapse site and selling them to a distributor for $80.". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2002-01-17.
- ↑ "Even in retirement, victims strived to protect others". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ "Armored-car killer gets life without parole". philly.com. philly.com. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ "Even in retirement, victims strived to protect others". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ "Armored-car killer gets life without parole". philly.com. philly.com. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
- ↑ "The Killers Of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski Should Have Received The Death Penalty". philly2philly.com. philly2philly.com. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ "Butler pleads guilty in Nazario murder". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ "Somber Milestone in Police Sergeant's Line-of-Duty Murder". nbcphiladelphia.com. nbcphiladelphia.com. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ "Guilty plea in death of Philadelphia police officer". abclocal.go. WPVI-TV. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
- ↑ "Philadelphia police officer testifies about partner John Pawlowski's killing". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
- ↑ "GUILTY PLEA IN CRASH DEATH OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER BRIAN LORENZO". 6abc.com. WPVI-TV. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
- ↑ "Man who killed Officer Moses Walker guilty of murder". philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
- ↑ Gelb, Matt; Moran, Robert (March 5, 2015). "Officer dies after shooting at 21st and Lehigh; two in custody". Philly.com. Philadelphia Inquirer (published March 6, 2015).
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