# List of U.S. police officers killed prior to 2010

This is a list of American police officers killed prior to 2010.

## List

Prior to 2010 :
| Name and rank | Place or agency | Date | Details |
| Deputy Sheriff Isaac Smith | Westchester County Sheriff's Department, NY | May 17, 1792 | Shot and killed while arresting a man for disorderly conduct. |
| Sheriff Cornelius Hogeboom | Columbia County Sheriff's Office, NY | October 22, 1791 | Shot and killed while serving a writ of ejectment. He was ambushed and shot by a group of men who were disguised as Indians. |
| Detectives Joseph Lynch and Ferdinand Rocha | New York City Police Department | July 4, 1940 | Killed when a bomb they were investigating at the British Pavilion of the World's Fair detonated. |
| Officer George Alleyn, Officer Walt Frago, Officer Roger Gore, Officer James Pence | California Highway Patrol | April 6, 1970 | Killed in a shootout with two heavily armed criminals in Valencia, California. |
| Sergeant James Victor Arnaud and Private First Class Elisabeth R. Licera Magruder | Prince George's County Sheriff's Office | August 29, 2002 | Shot while attempting to serve a psychiatric petition in Adelphi, Maryland. |
| Officer Christy Dedman | Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | July 19, 2004 | Struck by a tractor-trailer while assisting a motorist on Interstate 40 in Hermitage. The motorist, 33-year-old Jaimee Underwood, was sent to hospital in critical condition, but survived her injuries. |
| Officer Matthew Edmond Bowens and Officer Jennifer Timathy-Ann Fettig | Detroit Police Department | February 16, 2004 | Shot and killed in their patrol car during a traffic stop. The shooter, 23-year-old Eric Marshall, and his brother were arrested several hours later, with the shooter being sentenced to life without parole. He died in prison on October 15, 2010. |
| Trooper Nikky Joe Green | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | December 26, 2003 | Shot and killed while attempting to assist a suspected disabled vehicle in Devol. The suspect, who was cooking methamphetamine in the vehicle, was apprehended two days later and was sentenced to death. |
| Corporal Norman Bruce McKay III | Franconia, New Hampshire Police Department | May 11, 2007 | Shot several times and run over by a resident he had a long-running feud with, after which the resident was himself shot and killed by a passing motorist. |
| Deputy Sheriff Donta J. Manuel and Deputy Sheriff Jonathan D. Wallace | Palm Beach County, Florida Sheriff's Office | November 28, 2007 | Struck by a pursuing patrol car while assisting in the pursuit of a stolen vehicle. |
| Deputy Sheriff Robin Tanner | Monroe County, Florida Sheriff's Office | December 13, 2007 | Killed in a single-vehicle accident en route to a medical call in Marathon. |
| Detective James Merry Walker | Miami Police Department | January 8, 2008 | Gunshot in a firefight with someone attempting to enter his vehicle in North Miami Beach. The shooter was a robbery suspect and mistook Walker's car for his getaway vehicle. |
| Officer Alex Del Rio | Hollywood, Florida Police Department | November 22, 2008 | Lost control of cruiser, which was engulfed in flames. |
| Deputy Sheriff Anne Jackson | Skagit County, Washington Sheriff's Office | September 2, 2008 | Shot while responding to a break-in call. |
| Officer Richard J. Adair and Officer Jimmy Earl Kennedy | Juneau Police Department | April 17, 1979 | Shot in an ambush while responding to reports of shots fired. |
| Corporal Phillip Charles Anderson and Corporal James Brian Moulson | Jerome County, Idaho Sheriff's Department | January 3, 2001 | Shot while serving a search warrant. |
| Patrolman Earl Charles "Chuck" Ashton | Osburn, Idaho Police Department | August 17, 1976 | Shot while conducting a traffic stop. |
| Deputy Sheriff Rodney Badger | Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office | April 29, 1853 | Drowned while rescuing a family from the Weber River. |
| Sheriff Ralph Francis Baker | Madison County, Arkansas Sheriff's Department | January 5, 1998 | Drowned when his cruiser was washed into a creek while looking for a stolen vehicle |
| Officer Doris Wayne Barber | Sitka, Alaska Police Department | July 28, 1960 | Shot while serving legal papers at a mobile home. |
| Officer Gordon Brewster Bartel | Kodiak, Alaska Police Department | January 15, 1983 | Shot while issuing a citation for camping within city limit. |
| Correctional Officer Luell Wheeler Barrow | Alabama Department of Corrections | January 18, 1974 | Stabbed during prisoner uprising at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. |
| Patrolman Harry C. Beasley | Newark, Ohio Police Department | July 2, 1931 | Shot while attempting to stop an armed robber. |
| Relief Officer Fred A. Beell | Marshfield, Wisconsin Police Department | August 5, 1933 | Shot while responding to a burglary call. His partner was shot, but survived. |
| Town Marshal J.M. Bishop | Girard, Alabama Marshal's Office | April 6, 1903 | Stabbed while investigating a domestic disturbance. |
| Sergeant Robert Lee Bittick | Alaska State Police | October 11, 1994 | British Columbia, Canada, aircraft accident. |
| Chief of Police Larry Neal Blagg | Trumann, Arkansas Police Department | January 27, 2009 | Struck by falling tree branch while assisting winter storm clean-up efforts. |
| Officer LeRoy Garvin Bohuslov and Officer Gary George Wohlfeil | Alaska Department of Fish and Game | March 5, 1964 | Aircraft accident northwest of Farewell, Alaska |
| Game Warden Guy M. Bradley | National Audubon Society | July 8, 1905 | Shot when confronting suspected poachers in Flamingo, Florida. |
| Officer Thomas Mitchell Bray Sr. | Philadelphia Police Department | November 13, 2001 | Drowned while attempting to locate a sunken channel marker in the Delaware River. |
| Constable John J. Breene | Arkansas City, Kansas Police Department | November 27, 1906 | Shot in his home during a burglary. |
| Officer Timothy Q. Brenton | Seattle Police Department | October 31, 2009 | Shot and killed in his patrol car while discussing a completed traffic stop with a trainee, who was grazed in the back. The 41-year-old gunman would be convicted of Officer Brenton's murder as well as the firebombing of Seattle Police patrol cars at a maintenance facility nine days prior on July 23, 2015. He would die in prison on January 18, 2017. |
| Officer Michael Leland Briggs | Manchester, New Hampshire Police Department | October 17, 2006 | Shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call the night prior. The suspect, who Officer Briggs had saved three years prior in a shooting, was sentenced to death for capital murder in November 2008. |
| Sheriff Derwin Brown | Decatur, Georgia | December 15, 2000 | Assassinated by his defeated rival for position of sheriff |
| Officer Waverly L. Brown and Sergeant Edward J. O'Grady Jr. | Nyack, New York Police Department | October 20, 1981 | Shot and killed trying to apprehend members of the Weather Underground who were committing a bank robbery. |
| Officer Edward R. Byrne | New York City Police Department | February 26, 1988 | Shot in an ambush while on protection duty for a witness in a drug case. |
| Detective George Caccavale | New York City Transit Police | June 26, 1976 | Shot and killed while working a security job at a cash checking store. |
| Officer Seraphin Calabrese | New York City Transit Police | February 24, 1980 | Shot and killed with his own weapon while attempting to arrest a fare evader. |
| Special Agent Enrique Salazar Camarena | Drug Enforcement Agency | February 9, 1985 | Enrique "Kiki" Camarena was abducted and murdered by drug traffickers while working an undercover assignment in Mexico. |
| Patrolman Jeffery G. Casner | Berlin, Connecticut Police Department | February 2, 1985 | Struck and killed by a drunk driver while directing traffic at an automobile accident on the Berlin Turnpike. |
| Patrolman Ignatius John Charlie | Alakanuk, Alaska Police Department | May 10, 1985 | Shot and killed when he interrupted a robbery in progress. |
| Patrolman Jeremy T. Charron | Epsom, New Hampshire Police Department | August 24, 1997 | Shot and killed while checking on two men sleeping in their vehicle. It is believed that the shooter feared being arrested either for having a firearm as a convicted felon or for having a warrant out for his arrest. Both men would be arrested with the shooter being sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole while the other man will remain in prison until at least 2037. |
| Officer Jacob Joseph Chestnut and Detective John Michael Gibson | United States Capitol Police | July 24, 1998 | Shot and killed by a man attempting to assassinate Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) at the United States Capitol. |
| Trooper Roland Edgar "Skip" Chevalier Jr. | Alaska State Troopers | April 3, 1982 | Shot and killed while attempting to intervene in a domestic dispute at the Cleary Summit Ski Area in Fairbanks North Star Borough. |
| Officer Glen L. Ciano | Suffolk County Police Department | February 22, 2009 | Killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver in Brentwood, New York. |
| Officer Gail A. Cobb | Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia | September 20, 1974 | The first female U.S. police officer to be killed while on patrol duty. Officer Cobb was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a bank robbery suspect. |
| Patrolman John H. Combs | Parma, Idaho Police Department | September 22, 1969 | Shot when investigating a parked vehicle two miles east. The occupants were suspects in an armed robbery. |
| Night Officer Marion Albert "Bert" Conrey | Knoxville, Iowa Police Department | April 2, 1938 | Died due to injuries sustained two weeks prior when he was beaten by an intoxicated couple, who were both sentenced to eight years in prison. |
| Special Agent/Inspector Samuel P. Cowley | Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Barrington, Illinois | November 28, 1934 | Gunshot by Baby Face Nelson in gunfight on November 27, 1934, died the next day. |
| Special Agent W. Carter Baum | FBI Agent, Chicago Field Office | April 22, 1934 | Killed by Baby Face Nelson while trying to apprehend him in Wisconsin. |
| Trooper Dennis Finbar Cronin | Alaska State Troopers | February 18, 1974 | Shot by an informant in Anchorage, who committed suicide afterwards. Cronin was the first Alaska State Trooper to die in the line of duty. |
| Night Watchman Thomas Cummins | New Haven, Connecticut Police Department | November 24, 1855 | Beaten while responding to a domestic dispute. |
| Captain James Edward Daly Jr. and Corporal John Michael Frontczak | Montgomery County, Maryland Police Department | March 26, 1976 | Shot while attempting to arrest a robbery suspect in Bethesda. |
| Sheriff John S. Degman | Colfax County, Nebraska Sheriff's Office | January 12, 1886 | Beaten by an inmate while serving breakfast in jail. |
| Deputy Clifford E. Dicker | Wythe County, Virginia Sheriff's Office | December 6, 1994 | Shot by a 15-year-old suspect he was serving court papers to in Wytheville. The teen was arrested a short time later and plead no contest to shooting Dicker and was sentenced to 42 years in prison. They were paroled in August 2021. |
| Chief of Police Thomas Clifford Dillon | Bethel, Alaska Police Department | November 19, 1972 | Shot while investigating a holdup at a local cab company. The suspect was initially convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, but the conviction was overturned on November 4, 1977, due to prosecution withholding evidence in the trial. He would be sentenced to 20 years in prison due to a manslaughter conviction before being paroled in 1978. |
| Deputy Kyle Dinkheller | Laurens County, Georgia Sheriff's Office | January 12, 1998 | Shot and killed by 49-year-old Andrew Howard Brennan during a traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 16 near Dudley. Brennan would be sentenced to death and was executed for the murder in 2015. |
| Special Agent Jessie Bruce Dobson Jr. | Florida Department of Law Enforcement | August 30, 1991 | Killed in a helicopter crash while searching for a marijuana farm in Suwannee County. |
| Correctional Officer William E. Donaldson | Alabama Department of Corrections | January 12, 1990 | Stabbed by an inmate while dispensing medicine to a segregations unit at the West Jefferson Correction Institute. The prison was renamed in his honor. |
| Trooper Troy Lynn Duncan | Alaska State Troopers | May 19, 1984 | Shot while in a standoff with serial killer Michael Silka in Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. |
| Officer Gilbert A. Duthie | Arizona Department of Public Safety | September 5, 1970 | Drowned when his patrol car was swept away in floodwaters in Sunflower. |
| Deputy Morgan Earp | | March 18, 1882 | Shot through a window while playing billiards. It is believed the shooting was related to Earp's assistance in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. |
| Game Warden Wilson Conley Elms and Game Warden William Harlan Pogue | Idaho Department of Fish and Game | January 5, 1981 | Shot while attempting to arrest a poacher along the South Fork Owyhee River in Owyhee County, Idaho |
| Reserve Deputy James L. Epp | Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Office | March 1, 1978 | Drowned attempting to rescue two women trapped in a car when the Salt River flooded in Cave Creek, Arizona. |
| Lieutenant Luther F. Fails | Alabama Department of Corrections | March 12, 1974 | Stabbed while taking a 24-year-old inmate to his cell at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. |
| Officer Michael Lee Farnsworth | Davenport, Iowa Police Department | December 5, 1971 | Shot and killed while attempting to arrest a burglary suspect. |
| Officer Ronald W. Feldner | New Plymouth, Idaho Police Department | January 20, 1994 | Shot and killed by an occupant while investigating a stolen car at a high school. |
| Officer Clarence Wayne Dean | LAPD Police Department | January 17, 1994 | Killed when his motorcycle drove off a section of a freeway interchange which had just collapsed due to the 1994 Northridge earthquake. |
| Patrol Officer Johnathan Paul Flora | Anchorage, Alaska | September 8, 1975 | Shot and killed while investigating a robbery at a local drug treatment center. |
| Patrolman Gregory Philip Foster and Patrolman Rocco W. Laurie | 9th Precinct (Manhattan), NYPD | January 27, 1972 | Shot and killed by members of the Black Liberation Army while on patrol. |
| Constable William Francis Frawley | Westport, Connecticut Police Department | May 21, 1936 | Died due to a burst blood vessel in his stomach a month after detaining an unruly tavern patron. The vessel burst while trying to get the patron to Const. Frawley's patrol car. |
| Officer Sa Fuimaono | American Samoa Department of Public Safety | June 3, 1998 | Drowned saving a teen who attempted suicide in Fagatogo. |
| Corrections Officer Manuel Ariza Gonzalez, Jr. | California Dept. of Corrections | January 10, 2005 | Stabbed with a shank by an inmate at the California Institution for Men in Chino, CA. |
| Sergeant Steven Francis Gaughan | Prince George's County, Maryland | June 21, 2005 | Shot while investigating a suspicious vehicle in Laurel. He was a Corporal at the time of his death and was promoted to Sergeant posthumously. |
| Inspector Austin Dewey Gay | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services-Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement | April 14, 1979 | Shot after an abduction from his inspection point near the Florida-Georgia border. Inspector Gay's body would be found several days later at a farm in Brooks County, Georgia. Six Chicago police officers were convicted in the death of Inspector Gay while the hitman they hired was acquitted on all charged. It is believed Inspector Gay was killed in a case of mistaken identity as another inspector was set to testify against the officers in another abduction a month prior. |
| Lieutenant William S. Gordon | Norwich Police Department | July 7, 1881 | Assault |
| Deputy Sheriff Michael A. Gray | Felton, California | January 13, 1983 | Gunfire |
| Ralph Griffin | Anniston, Alabama | June 22, 1954 | Stabbed |
| David Guttenberg | Brooklyn, New York | December 28, 1978 | Gunshot dead while off-duty during a robbery |
| Joseph Hamperian | New York City Police Department | September 22, 1983 | Shot |
| Harry Biddington Hanson Jr. | Anchorage, Alaska | July 17, 1986 | Gunshot |
| Cadet Alfred E. Harrell | New Orleans Police Department | December 31, 1972 | Gunshot by Mark Essex at Orleans Parish Prison |
| Henry Hart | Opelika, Alabama Town Marshal | February 1, 1884 | Stabbed |
| Trooper Bruce Alan Heck | Alaska State Troopers, Glennallen, Alaska | January 10, 1997 | Assault |
| Eugene Hobbs | Talladega, Alabama | February 12, 1921 | Stabbed |
| Earl Ray Hoggard | Ketchikan, Alaska | March 30, 1974 | Gunshot |
| Herman Hollis | FBI agent, Barrington, Illinois | November 27, 1934 | Gunshot by Baby Face Nelson in gunfight |
| James J. Ramp | Philadelphia Police Department | August 8, 1978 | Shot |
| Robert H. Holmes | the first African-American NYPD officer to be killed in the line of duty | August 6, 1917 | Gunshot during gun battle with burglar in Harlem |
| Guard Ezra Hoskins | Connecticut Department of Correction | May 1, 1833 | Assault |
| Edwin Hosli Sr. | New Orleans Police Department | December 31, 1972 | Gunshot by Mark Essex while investigating burglary. Hosli died of his wounds March 5, 1973. |
| Officer Frank Charles Denzinger | Floyd County Sheriff's Department | June 18, 2007 | Gunshot by 15-year-old Tyler Dumstorf. |
| Wallie Howard Jr. | Syracuse Police Department | October 30, 1990 | Gunshot while undercover during a drug deal gone wrong |
| State Trooper Linda Carol Huff | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | June 17, 1998 | Gunshot |
| James Bruce Irby | Houston Police Department | June 27, 1990 | Shot |
| Patrolman Lloyd Herman Innes | New York City Transit Police | June 16, 1967 | Shot in a parked car outside of his apartment in Brooklyn. |
| Calvin Wayne Jenks | Tennessee Highway Patrol | January 6, 2007 | Gunshot |
| Anthony Crawford Jones | Dillingham, Alaska | February 12, 1992 | Gunshot |
| Harry C. Kavanaugh | Anchorage, Alaska | January 3, 1924 | Gunshot |
| Officer Joseph Keegan | New York City Transit Police | June 19, 1980 | Shot while attempting to arrest a fare evader at the Columbus Circle station. |
| Sergeant Ronald Eugene Kelley | Ak-Chin Tribal Police Department, Tribal Police, Maricopa, Arizona | November 20, 1995 | Gunshot |
| Robert E. Kendricks | Alabama Department of Corrections | March 29, 1971 | Stabbed |
| Carlos King | New York City Police Department | December 20, 1976 | Shot |
| Constable Lloyd M. Kozenieski | Woodbury, Connecticut Police Department | May 7, 1974 | Assault |
| John Kevin Lamm | Fairbanks, Alaska | January 1, 1998 | Gunshot |
| Leslie George Lord | New Hampshire State Police | August 19, 1997 | Gunshot |
| Irma Lozada | New York City Police Department | September 21, 1984 | Gunshot |
| Darrell E. Lunsford Sr. | Garrison, Texas | January 23, 1991 | Gunshot |
| Frank McAteer | La Plata County, Colorado | July 4, 1981 | Heart attack after struggle with suspect |
| Coleman Regis McDonough | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | July 5, 1965 | Gunshot |
| James McNaughton | New York City Police Department | August 2, 2005 | Shot |
| Michael Melchiona | New York City Police Department | February 28, 1970 | Shot |
| Chief of Police Alvin G. Miller | Fairbanks, Alaska | November 2, 1908 | Gunshot |
| Joshua D. Miller | Pennsylvania State Police, Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania | June 7, 2009 | Gunshot |
| Ralph W. Miller | Manchester, New Hampshire Police Department | October 2, 1976 | Gunshot |
| Harry Minto | Oregon prison superintendent | September 27, 1915 | Gunshot |
| Chief of Police James A. Mitchell | St. Petersburg Police Department, Florida | December 25, 1905 | Stabbed |
| Louie Gordon Mizelle | Anchorage, Alaska | June 6, 1989 | Gunshot |
| James A. Moen | Alaska State Trooper-Fish and Wildlife Protection, near Lake Iliamna, Alaska | June 25, 2001 | Aircraft accident |
| George F. Nadeau Sr. | Panama Canal Zone Police Department | October 31, 1957 | Vehicular assault |
| Kenneth G. Nauska | Craig, Alaska | January 30, 1966 | Gunshot |
| Lee Stewart Newbill | Moscow, Idaho Police Department | May 19, 2007 | Gunshot |
| Sergeant James Stanwood Noyes | New Hampshire State Police | October 3, 1994 | Gunshot at Gilford, New Hampshire |
| Sheriff Wyatt Luther Nugent and Chief Deputy Delmer Lee Brunson | Grant Parish Sheriff's Office | April 21, 1936 | Shot during dispute between a farmer and rangers. |
| Jack Robert Ohrberg | Indianapolis Police Department | December 11, 1980 | Shot and murdered by two men, Gregory Resnover and Tommie Smith, who were sentenced to death and executed in 1994 and 1996 respectively. |
| Oran Pape | Iowa State Patrol | April 30, 1936 | Gunshot |
| Guard Herbert Orlando Parsell | Connecticut Department of Correction | March 9, 1945 | Assault |
| William G. Pfalmer Jr. | Anchorage, Alaska | December 26, 1970 | Gunshot |
| Trooper Scott Edward Phillips | New Hampshire State Police | August 19, 1997 | Gunshot |
| Rodney Pocceschi | Virginia Beach, Virginia | June 23, 2003 | Gunshot |
| Darius Quimby | Albany County, New York | January 3, 1791 | Gunshot, the first United States police officer to be killed in the line of duty |
| Timothy Brian Ridenour | Baltimore Police Department | October 27, 1975 | Gunshot |
| Frank Stuart Rodman | Alaska State Trooper | December 11, 1974 | Aircraft accident |
| Hans-Peter Roelle | Alaska State Trooper, Wasilla, Alaska | November 24, 2001 | Gunshot |
| Policeman Richie Rose | Denver Police Department, Denver, Colorado | October 31, 1922 | Gunshot |
| Acting Police Chief Armand J. Roussel | Nashua, New Hampshire Police Department | October 27, 1971 | Gunshot |
| James Arland Rowland Jr. | Palmer, Alaska | May 15, 1999 | Gunshot |
| Ralph T. Russell | Lewiston, Idaho Police Department | June 15, 1970 | Gunshot |
| Sheriff Jerry Ryan | Gila County, Arizona Sheriff's Office | June 1, 1890 | Drowned |
| Mark Anthony Sawyers | Sterling Heights, Michigan Police Department | June 4, 2004 | Gunshot (ambushed) |
| Donald Ralph Schultz | Phoenix, Arizona | May 12, 2004 | Drowned |
| Dan Richard Seely | Anchorage, Alaska | October 26, 1996 | Gunshot |
| George Seman | Evart, Michigan | June 13, 1966 | Gunshot |
| James J. Shaw | Mobile, Alabama | December 21, 1924 | Stabbed |
| Wesley L. Silas | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services-Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement | March 1, 1994 | Struck by vehicle |
| Deputy Superintendent Louis Sirgo, Phillip Coleman and Paul Persigo | New Orleans Police Department | January 7, 1973 | Gunshot by sniper Mark Essex during siege at Downtown Howard Johnson's Hotel |
| John Skagen | New York City Police Department | June 28, 1972 | Shot |
| Bruce Kenneth Smalls | South Carolina Highway Patrol | September 27, 1985 | Shot and murdered by Richard Charles Johnson, who was sentenced to death and executed on May 3, 2002, for the murder of Smalls. |
| Arthur Smart | Panama Canal Zone Police Department | February 5, 1941 | Vehicular assault |
| Dennis Smedley | Front Royal, Virginia | September 20, 1983 | Gunshot |
| Irving Smith | New York City Transit Police | February 29, 1980 | Shot and killed when he attempted to stop a robbery at a bar. He was off-duty and had just attended the funeral of officer Seraphin Calabrese. |
| City Marshal Thomas J. Smith | Abilene, Kansas Police Department | November 2, 1870 | Gunshot |
| Mark Arlin Stall | Boise, Idaho Police Department | September 20, 1997 | Gunshot |
| Lawrence Stefane | 9th Precinct NYPD | May 28, 1970 | Stabbed |
| Marcia Lynn Stella | Stamford, Connecticut Police Department | February 3, 2008 | Accidental Overdose |
| Benjamin Franklin Strong | Anchorage, Alaska | January 4, 1968 | Gunshot |
| Chief of Police John J. Sturgus | Anchorage, Alaska | February 20, 1921 | Gunshot |
| Florence B. Sullivan | Danbury, Connecticut Police Department | September 8, 1896 | assault (male officer) |
| Deputy Commissioner Claude Everett Swackhammer | Alaska Department of Public Safety | October 11, 1994 | Aircraft accident in British Columbia, Canada |
| Fasiolepia F. Ta'Ase | American Samoa Department of Public Safety | June 21, 1981 | Bludgeoned |
| Zeon Taylor | New York City Police Department | October 23, 2008 | Shot |
| Sidney Thompson | New York City Police Department | June 5, 1973 | Shot |
| William Harvey Thompson | Seattle, Washington Prohibition agent | August 3, 1927 | Gunshot |
| Russel Timoshenko | Auxiliary New York City police officer, Manhattan | July 14, 2007 | Gunshot |
| Officer J. D. Tippit | Dallas Police Department | November 22, 1963 | Gunshot by Lee Harvey Oswald in a residential Dallas neighborhood within an hour of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. |
| John L. Tuohy | New York City Police Department | March 20, 1963 | Shot |
| Lauretha Vaird | Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania | January 2, 1996 | Gunshot |
| Mark Edward Vance | Bristol, Tennessee | November 27, 2004 | Gunshot in face by Nikolaus Johnson, perpetrator is now on death row |
| Officer Christy Lynne Hamilton | Los Angeles Police Department | February 22, 1994 | Gunshot. Ambushed while responding to domestic shooting. |
| Robert Venable | New York City Police Department | September 22, 1987 | Shot |
| Samuel Violin | Panama Canal Zone Police Department | August 28, 1945 | Vehicular assault |
| Henry Walburger | 9th Precinct (Manhattan), NYPD | July 27, 1964 | Gunshot |
| Lieutenant James A. Walker | Emmett, Idaho Police Department | September 3, 1966 | Gunshot |
| Robert W. Wallis | Denver Police Department, Colorado | February 9, 1988 | Vehicular assault |
| John Patrick Watson | Kenai, Alaska | December 25, 2003 | Gunshot |
| Fred White | Tombstone, Arizona Territory | October 30, 1880 | Gunshot |
| City Marshal Charles H. Wiley | Seward, Alaska | October 4, 1917 | Gunshot |
| Special Agent Dillard William Wiley | Atlanta and West Point Railroad Police Department | August 29, 1933 | Shot and killed by a man riding along a train. |
| Special Deputy Marshal Mike Williams | Abilene, Kansas Police Department | October 5, 1871 | Accidental gunfire |
| Ronald A. Williams II | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 4, 1995 | Gunshot by fellow NOPD officer Antoinette Frank while working a private security detail at a restaurant |
| Justin Todd Wollam | Anchorage, Alaska Police Department | July 9, 2001 | Vehicular assault |
| Lieutenant Sidney A. Zaffuto | Orleans Parish, Louisiana Criminal Sheriff's Office | January 8, 2004 | Gunshot |
| Public Safety Officer Ronald Eugene Zimin | South Naknek, Alaska | October 22, 1986 | Gunshot |
| Deputy Sheriff Ernest Zettergren | Anoka County, Minnesota Sheriff's Office | December 7, 1953 | Shot and killed while interrupting a robbery in progress at a tavern in Fridley, Minnesota. |
| Correctional Officer Jose Rivera | United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons | June 20, 2008 | Stabbed by two inmates at the Atwater Penitentiary in Atwater, California. |
| Patrolman Hollie Lamar Tull | Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol | September 14, 1974 | Gunshot while attempting to apprehend robbery suspects in Walburg, Texas. |
| Officer Patrick F. Leavitt | Lowell Police Department (Lowell, Massachusetts) | December 18, 1941 | Heart attack while in high speed pursuit of car theft suspect |
| Patrolman George F.A. Pearsall | Lowell Police Department (Lowell, Massachusetts) | April 24, 1957 | Gunshot while conducting a stakeout operation. The case of Pearsall's murder remains unsolved as of June 22, 2024. |
| Officer John Joseph Winn | Lowell Police Department (Lowell, Massachusetts) | May 3, 1971 | Injuries sustained in assault 17 months prior. |
| Officer Christos G. Rouses | Lowell Police Department (Lowell, Massachusetts) | November 18, 1978 | Gunshot during attempted robbery. |
| Trooper Kenton Iwaniec | Pennsylvania State Police | March 27, 2008 | Head on collision with drunk driver |
| Officer Eric Guy Kelly, Officer Stephen James Mayhle, and Officer Paul John Rizzo Domenic Sciullo II | Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | April 9, 2009 | Gunfire while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The shooter was sentenced to death on June 28, 2011. |
| Officer James B. Wilson Jr. | Omaha Police Department | August 20, 1995 | Gunshot during a traffic stop. |
| Officer Joseph Daniel Corr | New Hartford Police Department (New Hartford, New York) | February 27, 2006 | Shot and killed while pursuing robbery suspects. |
| Officer Phillip S. McDonald | Rome Police Department (Rome, New York) | December 15, 1920 | Struck by a truck while pursuing a suspect. |
| Patrolman John E. Creedon | Utica Police Department (Utica, New York) | February 10, 1909 | Was shot a week prior when interrupting a burglary in progress. |
| Sergeant Michael F. Brophy | Utica Police Department (Utica, New York) | December 27, 1918 | Struck by streetcar. |
| Patrolman William D. Chapman | Utica Police Department (Utica, New York) | July 19, 1980 | Died when his cruiser crashed into a building when it swerved to avoid a turning vehicle en route to a call. |
| Patrolman Orlonzo L. Cellamare | Utica Police Department (Utica, New York) | September 5, 1985 | Was killed when his cruiser was struck while en route to backup an officer on a burglary call. |
| Sergeant Gerald Boehlert | Utica Police Department (Utica, New York) | November 20, 1992 | Heart attack |
| Officer Thomas Lindsey | Utica Police Department (Utica, New York) | April 12, 2007 | Gunshot |
| Officer Jeff Rominger | Oklahoma City Police Department | August 31, 2000 | Automobile crash |
| Trooper Matt Evans | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | August 31, 2000 | Automobile crash |
| Patrolman Alex Horvatt | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | July 29, 1917 | Electrocuted |
| Patrolman William F. McDonald | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | November 30, 1920 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman Clarence W. Moran | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | November 30, 1922 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman Gerald M. Tracey | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | December 23, 1928 | Vehicle pursuit |
| Patrolman George J. Weslar | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | February 4, 1939 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman William F. Holbert Jr. | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | July 17, 1972 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman Lee E. Barta | Binghamton Police Department (Binghamton, New York) | August 3, 1995 | Gunfire |
| Officer Robert Lee Timberlake Jr. | Federal Protective Service (Tampa, Florida) | January 24, 1979 | Gunshot by trespassing transient |
| Special Officer Charles T. Linton | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Police | December 18, 1922 | Gunshot during robbery of a delivery truck outside the Denver Mint. |
| Deputy Sheriff Claude W. Kimball | Penobscot County Sheriff's Office | September 17, 1948 | Gunshot during gun battle with burglary suspect in Bangor. |
| Officer John E. Sutton | University of Maine Police Department | September 20, 1963 | Cardiac arrest while attempting to break up a fight at the Memorial Gymnasium. |
| Patrolman Robert J. Gallant | Berwick, Maine Police Department | September 11, 1982 | Vehicular assault while on the scene of a domestic disturbance. |
| Deputy Sheriff Edwin T. Finn and Sheriff John E. Webster | Hancock County, Maine Sheriff's Office | November 22, 1911 | Drowned when their canoe capsized while returning from a robbery investigation in Green Lake. |
| Sergeant Thomas F. Malloy | Kennebec County Sheriff's Office | October 9, 1884 | Shot and killed while inspecting a wagon for illegal liquor in Togus. |
| Patrolman Perley C. Kennie | Westbrook, Maine Police Department | August 11, 1966 | Cardiac arrest |
| Deputy Sheriff Frank Buzynski and Deputy Sheriff Frank E. Ross Jr. | Knox County, Maine Sheriff's Office | September 4, 1959 | Single-vehicle crash while pursuing a suspect. |
| Officer Jeffrey Lee Bull | Lebanon, Maine Police Department | May 9, 1987 | Vehicle collision while helping another agency with a pursuit. The occupants were juveniles and were incarcerated until their 21st birthday. The driver died on May 9, 2015, in a motorcycle accident. |
| Special Officer Wallace Moriarty | Lewiston, Maine Police Department | September 13, 1925 | Died when his revolver fell from its holster, shooting him when it hit the ground. |
| Officer Paul J. Simard | Lewiston, Maine Police Department | July 7, 1958 | Shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance. |
| Officer David R. Payne | Lewiston, Maine Police Department | July 23, 1988 | Shot and killed by a parolee while investigating reports of a car that had run off the road. |
| Detective William J. Grooms | Kansas City, Missouri Police Department | June 17, 1933 | Killed in the Kansas City Massacre. |
| Detective Frank E. Hermanson | Kansas City, Missouri Police Department | June 17, 1933 | Killed in the Kansas City Massacre. |
| Raymond J. Caffrey | FBI Agent, Kansas City Field Office | June 17, 1933 | Killed in the Kansas City Massacre. |
| Orrin Henry Reed | Chief of Police McAlester, Oklahoma | June 17, 1933 | Killed in the Kansas City Massacre. |
| Deputy Sheriff Reuben Blackman | Lincoln County, Maine Sheriff's Office | May 25, 1933 | Shot and killed while investigating a stabbing suspect in Westport Island, Maine. |
| Detective Sergeant Donald E. Davey | Lincoln County, Maine Sheriff's Office | July 30, 1984 | Died when his cruiser was struck head-on by a tractor-trailer while en route to a call in Nobleboro, Maine. |
| Ranger Ralph W. Heath | Baxter State Park | October 29, 1963 | Died due to exposure while attempting to rescue a woman on Mount Katahdin. The woman also died. |
| Chief Louis E. Daigle | Madawaska, Maine Police Department | November 6, 1974 | Killed in a plane crash along with two witnesses returning from the Superior Court in Houlton. |
| Sergeant Jaime Primera Rodriguez | Andrews County, Texas Department of Public Safety | May 16, 2002 | Shot and killed while performing a drug search on a Greyhound bus in Pecos. |
| Deputy Sheriff James Robert Godley | Anderson County, Texas Sheriff's Department | December 13, 1874 | Shot and killed by Bob Smith while attempting to arrest him on a bigamy charge. His partner, Deputy Sheriff J.F. Henderson, was wounded but survived the incident. Smith would be found several weeks later and was lynched. |
| Deputy Sheriff John Rogers | Anderson County, Texas Sheriff's Department | September 29, 1883 | Shot and killed while attempting to arrest an escaped convict. The shooter would be killed in a shootout two weeks later. |
| Deputy Sheriff James Monroe Stafford | Anderson County, Texas Sheriff's Department | June 25, 1899 | Killed by a city marshal during an argument over a gambling raid the night prior at the county jail. The marshal told Deputy Sheriff Stafford to "stay out of his business" and when Stafford responded that he was only doing his job, the marshal pulled out his pistol and shot him. The marshal was convicted of murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. |
| Deputy Sheriff Charles Ledwith | Anderson County, Texas Sheriff's Department | October 15, 1913 | Shot and killed by John T. Groves while serving an arrest warrant for an earlier assault at Groves' home in Palestine, Texas. Groves was acquitted of murder on January 10, 1914, and was acquitted on the assault charge two weeks later. |
| Lieutenant Goodvin Derrell Honea | Anderson County, Texas Sheriff's Department | October 11, 1985 | Died due to injuries sustained two days prior in a car accident while on patrol in Palestine, Texas. |
| Night Policeman Alfred Mearle Corson | Madison, Maine Police Department | November 11, 1948 | Cardiac arrest while attempting to break up a fight between two drunk men outside a bar. |
| Warden Richard Tinker | Maine Department of Corrections | May 14, 1863 | Stabbed by an inmate at the Maine State Prison. The inmate would be executed on June 24, 1864. |
| Game Warden William F. Hanrahan | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | November 21, 1992 | Cardiac arrest while investigating reports of drunk hunters at Cold Pond near Starks, Maine. |
| Game Warden Pilot Richard E. Varney | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | September 27, 1972 | Killed in a helicopter crash shortly after takeoff in Maranacook Lake near Readfield. While he survived the initial crash, he drowned while waiting for rescue. |
| Game Warden R. Lyle Frost Jr. | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | July 1, 1968 | Killed in an explosion while clearing beaver dams in Franklin. |
| Game Warden Pilot George E. Townsend | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | August 27, 1956 | Killed when his plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Maranacook Lake near Tallwood. |
| Game Warden Randall E. Shelley | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | June 3, 1946 | Cardiac arrest while attempting to push his stuck patrol vehicle in Somerset County. |
| Warden Supervisor Robert Lee Moore | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | October 22, 1935 | Killed when his patrol vehicle was struck by a sedan at Mayfield Crossing near Bingham. |
| Game Warden Jean Baptiste Jalbert | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | May 13, 1933 | Drowned when his canoe capsized in the St. Francis River. |
| Game Warden Ralph Stanley Cushman | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | February 26, 1931 | Died due to injuries sustained 2 months prior in a car accident in Brewer. |
| Deputy Warden Lee H. Parker | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | September 1, 1927 | Shot after stopping two men and their wives who were spotlighting deer in Westfield. |
| Game Warden David F. Brown and Game Warden Mertley E. Johnston | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | November 14, 1922 | Shot and killed while investigating beavers near the Big Bog Dam on the north end of the Penobscot River. Their bodies would be buried underneath the ice and would be found on May 23, 1923, by another warden. |
| Game Warden Leslie Robinson | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | October 8, 1921 | Killed when his car overturned during a severe snowstorm near Ragged Lake. |
| Game Warden Arthur G. Deag | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | July 19, 1921 | Drowned when his canoe capsized on the West Branch of the Penobscot River. |
| Game Warden Lyman O. Hill and Deputy Warden Charles W. Niles | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service | November 8, 1886 | Shot while attempting to arrest two poachers on the Machias River. |
| Detective Glenn Strange | Maine State Police | October 17, 1997 | Died due to cardiac arrest six days after being punched in the chest by a suspect during an arrest in Houlton. |
| Trooper James A. "Drew" Griffith | Maine State Police | April 15, 1996 | Killed when his vehicle was struck by an ice truck while beginning a pursuit of a speeding driver in Warren. |
| Trooper Jeffrey Parola | Maine State Police | November 13, 1994 | Died when his vehicle left the road and crashed while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Sidney. |
| Lieutenant Rene Albert Goupil | Maine State Police | January 23, 1990 | Died due to cardiac arrest after performing a mandatory two-mile run in Waterville. |
| Detectives Giles R. Landry | Maine State Police | March 31, 1989 | Shot after responding to a domestic disturbance call in Leeds. |
| Trooper Michael R. Veilleux | Maine State Police | June 17, 1986 | Killed in an automobile accident in Dayton. |
| Trooper Thomas J. Merry | Maine State Police | July 12, 1980 | Killed when he was struck by a vehicle while setting up a roadblock in Palmyra. |
| Trooper Charles Clinton Black | Maine State Police | July 9, 1964 | Shot while responding to a bank robbery in progress in South Berwick. Both men involved in the robbery would be sentenced to life in prison before being paroled in 1972. |
| Trooper Frank C. Wing | Maine State Police | August 19, 1928 | Died when his police motorcycle struck a truck while on patrol in Millinocket. |
| Patrolman Fred A. Foster | Maine State Police | August 30, 1925 | Died when his police motorcycle struck a horse hauling a load of hay in Belfast. |
| Patrolman Emery O. Gooch | Maine State Police | August 9, 1924 | Killed in a motorcycle accident in Mattawamkeag. |
| Patrolman Herbert E. Towne | Newport, Maine Police Department | November 18, 1964 | Killed when he was ejected from his patrol car when it lost control during a pursuit. |
| Lieutenant William A. Williams | Oxford County Sheriff's Office | October 13, 1989 | Died due to cardiac arrest while transporting a juvenile offender to jail in Bryant Pond. |
| Deputy Sheriff Harrison A. Whitman | Oxford County Sheriff's Office | November 18, 1893 | Shot while attempting to arrest a burglary suspect in Paris. |
| Patrolman Carroll W. Millett | Paris Police Department | March 17, 1982 | Killed when his patrol car collided with a logging truck. |
| Partolman Timothy J. Willard | Paris Police Department | December 29, 1978 | Shot when he stopped a man for driving with a suspended license. |
| Constable Maurice Dudley Beane | Passadumkeag Constable's Office | January 18, 1913 | Shot when attempting to arrest a forgery suspect. |
| Deputy Sheriff Charles J. Wilson | Penobscot County Sheriff's Office | March 2, 1977 | Killed when he was struck by a car while stationed at a Department of Agriculture checkpoint on the Interstate 95. |
| Deputy Sheriff Thomas Smith | Penobscot County Sheriff's Office | March 13, 1864 | Stabbed to death while attempting to arrest a wanted man near Cleveland, Maine. |
| Sergeant Richard Moore Betters | Portland, Maine Police Department | January 14, 2009 | Cardiac arrest overnight. |
| Patrolman Edward F. O'Donnell | Portland, Maine Police Department | July 30, 1932 | Struck by a car while attempting to flag a driver for a traffic violation. |
| Sergeant Hans P. Smith | Portland, Maine Police Department | September 16, 1930 | Struck by a car while directing traffic on August 21, 1930. Died in hospital on September 16, 1930. |
| Patrolman Michael Thomas Connolly | Portland, Maine Police Department | August 15, 1930 | Drowned by a group of bootleggers near Fish Point. The case of Connolly's murder remains unsolved. |
| Patrolman Charles E. McIntosh | Portland, Maine Police Department | December 16, 1915 | Shot and stabbed while attempting to arrest two robbery suspects, who would be arrested a short time later and sentenced to life in prison. |
| Patrolman John Chapman | Rockland, Maine Police Department | February 16, 1938 | Shot by someone he had arrested earlier in the day for public intoxication. |
| Officer James P. Robbins | Rockland, Maine Police Department | June 14, 1879 | Died due to injuries sustained when he was beaten by a prison escapee three days prior. |
| Chief of Police Perley Morrison Sprague | Rockport, Maine Police Department | November 15, 1996 | Died due to cardiac arrest during a physical fitness test with a new officer. |
| Deputy Sheriff Charles Richard Baker Sr. | Somerset County, Maine Sheriff's Office | December 28, 1999 | Died when he lost control of his car in Palmyra. |
| Deputy Sheriff Dale A. McDonald | Somerset County, Maine Sheriff's Office | November 26, 1965 | Died when his car overturned during a pursuit outside of Canaan. |
| Chief of Police Frank H. Elliott | Thomaston, Maine Police Department | December 15, 1976 | Was involved in a head-on collision in March 1975, died due to his injuries on December 15, 1976. |
| Special Officer Elliott S. Johnson | Thomaston, Maine Police Department | September 1, 1973 | Struck by a vehicle driven by a prison escapee at a roadblock. |
| Deputy Sheriff John Tileston Downes | Washington County, Maine Sheriff's Office | January 28, 1811 | Shot while attempting to arrest a suspected counterfeiter in Robbinston. |
| Chief of Police Pierre A. "Pete" Harnois | Westbrook, Maine Police Department | May 14, 1959 | Shot during a standoff with a man who was distraught over finances. The man killed his wife and wounded two Maine State Troopers before committing suicide. |
| Police Officer I Juan Mafnas Santos | Guam Police Department | July 22, 1966 | Shot in his squad car by illegal hunters he had pulled over in Upper Tumon. |
| Police Officer I Francisco Aguon Reyes | Guam Police Department | June 9, 1977 | Drowned while investigating an area of water off the coast of Orote Point believed to be a drug drop-off point. |
| Police Officer III Tomas Mendiola Sablan | Guam Police Department | December 10, 1978 | Drowned due to turbulent waters while aiding in a search and recovery operation at the Togcha Cove in Talo'fo'fo. |
| Reserve Officers Rudy Caingat Iglesias and Helen Kuulei Lizama | Guam Police Department | December 26, 1979 | Shot by a 17-year-old getaway driver while responding to a burglary alarm at a store in Barrigada. |
| Police Officer I Raymond S. Sanchez | Guam Police Department | September 30, 1983 | Shot by two murder suspects as they exited their patrol car in Mongmong-Toto-Maite. The duo would kill five civilians along with Officer I Sanchez before being arrested. Sanchez's partner was injured and would recover, but died 2 years later in an unrelated incident. |
| Police Officer I Manuel Anderson Aquino | Guam Police Department | December 12, 1985 | Accidentally shot by fellow officer at the Tumon Neighborhood Precinct. Officer I Aquino was swinging his baton and the other officer pointed their pistol at him, with the gun firing while being drawn from the officer's holster. Officer I Aquino was a survivor in a shooting taking the life of his partner, Officer I Raymond S. Sanchez, two years prior. The officer would be acquitted on the grounds of self-defense, but resigned from the force. |
| Police Officer I Edward Aguon Santos | Guam Police Department | September 18, 1989 | Killed in a familiarization helicopter flight along with a Guam Department of Military Affairs officer near Agana Heights, Hagåtña. |
| Police Officer Frank E. Smith | Guam Police Department | December 30, 2007 | Struck and killed by an intoxicated driver in Tamuning. |
| Correctional Officer Douglas Wayne Mashburn | Guam Department of Corrections | June 27, 1987 | Stabbed by inmates at the Adult Correctional Facility in Mangilao. |
| Conservation Officer Francisco Malijan Isezaki | Guam Department of Agriculture - Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources | October 31, 1964 | Shot by poachers at a Naval Facility pump station in Agat. |
| Patrolman James Henry Hill | Seaford, Delaware Police Department | July 10, 1970 | Cardiac arrest while attempting to apprehend a suspect. |
| Officer Wallace A. Melson | Ocean View, Delaware Police Department | August 21, 1971 | Cardiac arrest during the pursuit of a suspect in neighboring Millville. |
| Patrolman Charles Wilson Futcher Sr. | Lewes, Delaware Police Department | August 7, 1939 | Killed when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle during a pursuit. |
| Guard Thomas C. McCullough | New Castle County, Delaware Workhouse | March 26, 1910 | Died in Wilmington three days after being shot by a prisoner who stole another guard's pistol. |
| Guard John F. Campbell | New Castle County, Delaware Workhouse | October 22, 1909 | Shot with his own gun by an inmate. |
| Policeman Herbert "Hub" Haynes | Clayton, Delaware Police Department | August 10, 1900 | Shot while attempting to arrest a trespassing homeless person at the Clayton railroad station. |
| Deputy Constable George A. Davidson | Delaware City Police Department | May 7, 1852 | Died a day after being stabbed by a prisoner he was transporting to jail in Reybold. The suspect would be found and was hanged in September 1852. |
| Officer Francis Ryan | Delaware State Police | November 2, 1922 | Died two weeks after crashing his motorcycle while pursuing a speeding motorist in Holly Oak. |
| Trooper First Class Paul H. Sherman | Delaware State Police | October 16, 1945 | Killed when his patrol car was struck by a train in New Castle County. |
| Corporal Leroy L. LeKites | Delaware State Police | January 13, 1950 | Struck and killed while investigating a crash on Route 113 near Selbyville. |
| Trooper Raymond B. Wilhelm | Delaware State Police | May 30, 1951 | Killed when he lost control of his patrol car swerving to avoid a dog on Route 40 near Glasgow, Delaware. |
| Trooper William F. Mayer | Delaware State Police | August 8, 1955 | Struck by a tractor-trailer he had pulled over on the DuPont Parkway near Smyrna. |
| Trooper First Class Harold Bruce Rupert | Delaware State Police | April 19, 1962 | Trooper First Class Rupert's patrol car was rammed by a traffic violation suspect's vehicle crossing into Pennsylvania. The patrol car was then struck by a tractor-trailer, killing him and seriously injuring his partner. The suspect turned himself in and was sentenced to 1 year in prison for involuntary manslaughter. |
| Trooper Robert A. Paris | Delaware State Police | October 17, 1963 | Shot while on a burglary detail by two men stealing televisions at a hotel in New Castle. |
| Trooper William C. Keller | Delaware State Police | January 22, 1971 | Killed when his car was struck by a garbage truck en route to an undercover assignment in Dover. |
| Trooper Ronald L. Carey | Delaware State Police | January 5, 1972 | Shot while apprehending a robbery suspect on Route 202 at the Tally-Ho Motor Lodge in Wilmington. His partner died the next day. |
| Trooper David C. Yarrington | Delaware State Police | January 6, 1972 | Shot while apprehending a robbery suspect at the Tally-Ho Motor Lodge on Route 202 in Wilmington the day prior. |
| Trooper George W. Emory | Delaware State Police | June 3, 1972 | Killed when his patrol car is struck from behind while driving along Route 13 near Harrington. |
| Corporal David Bruce Pulling | Delaware State Police | November 18, 1987 | Killed when an explosive he was handling detonated during a training exercise in Huntsville, Alabama. Corporal Pulling was training to become an explosives technician. |
| Trooper Kevin J. Mallon | Delaware State Police | March 20, 1990 | Killed when he lost control of his patrol car while en route to a burglary call near Milton. |
| Trooper Gerard T. Dowd | Delaware State Police | September 11, 1990 | Killed when his patrol car strikes a tractor-trailer while en route to backup a fellow trooper at the Delaware-Maryland border near Selbyville. |
| Corporal Robert H. Bell | Delaware State Police | September 7, 1993 | Died due to complications of AIDS contracted from a blood transfusion 12 years prior due to an on-duty injury. |
| Trooper Sandra Marie Wagner | Delaware State Police | April 5, 1996 | Killed when her patrol car is struck by a tractor-trailer on Delaware Route 404 in Bridgeville. |
| Corporal Frances Marie Collender | Delaware State Police | February 6, 2001 | Killed when she was pinned between her patrol car and another vehicle while assisting in a car accident investigation on Route 1 near Odessa. |
| Corporal Christopher Michael Shea | Delaware State Police | July 18, 2004 | Killed when his patrol car is struck head-on by a drunk driver outside Milford. |
| Special Agent Steven David Willis | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms | February 28, 1993 | Killed during the Waco seige. |
| Special Agent Robert John Williams | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms | February 28, 1993 | Killed during the Waco seige. |
| Special Agent Todd Wayne McKeehan | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms | February 28, 1993 | Killed during the Waco seige. |
| Special Agent Conway Charles LeBleu | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms | February 28, 1993 | Killed during the Waco seige. |
| Patrolman Francis T. Schneible | Dover, Delaware Police Department | December 20, 1993 | Shot while attempting to arrest a shoplifter. |
| Patrolman Chad Ernest Spicer | Georgetown, Delaware Police Department | September 1, 2009 | Shot by occupants of a vehicle stopped for involvement in a prior shooting. |
| Chief of Police Harvey A. Gregg Jr. | Georgetown, Delaware Police Department | April 4, 1998 | Cardiac arrest while directing traffic for a funeral procession. |
| Motorcycle Policeman Charles Thorn | New Castle, Delaware Police Department | October 22, 1926 | Killed when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle. |
| Corporal Paul John Sweeney | New Castle County, Delaware Police Department | November 30, 1972 | Died due to burns sustained a month prior when his patrol car was struck from behind in Minquadale. |
| Detective Thomas P. Conaty Jr. | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | December 26, 1946 | Shot while questioning two youths about the theft of several revolvers. |
| Patrolman Willard E. Pruitt Jr. | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | July 7, 1944 | Killed in a motorcycle crash while pursuing a suspect. |
| Patrolman Milton A. Wimbrow | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | December 31, 1931 | Died due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash three days prior. |
| Patrolman Howard P. Atwell | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | June 29, 1926 | Killed in a motorcycle crash while pursuing a suspect. |
| Police Matron Mary T. Davis | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | May 11, 1924 | Beaten to death by a prisoner at the Wilmington Jail. |
| Patrolman Thomas L. Zebley | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | November 13, 1919 | Shot while serving warrants on two thieves. |
| Patrolman Francis X. Tierney | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | March 6, 1915 | Shot while attempting to arrest two suspicious men pawning watches. |
| Police Officer Charles W. Schultz | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | January 30, 1891 | Shot while questioning two men who matched the descriptions of theft suspects. |
| Police Officer Andrew T. Peterson | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | June 27, 1885 | Shot while responding to a domestic disturbance. |
| Police Officer John F. Baylis | Wilmington, Delaware Police Department | September 9, 1863 | Shot while attempting to arrest a man for breach of the peace. |
| Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael Lee Loudenslager | Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Special Agent Kenneth G. McCullough | Drug Enforcement Administration | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Special Agent Paul Gregory Broxterman | Department of Housing and Urban Development | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Special Agent Cynthia Campbell Brown | United States Secret Service | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Special Agent Donald R. Leonard | United States Secret Service | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Special Agent Mickey B. Maroney | United States Secret Service | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Senior Special Agent Claude Arthur Medearis | United States Customs Service | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Senior Special Agent Paul Douglas Ice | United States Customs Service | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Assistant SAC Alan G. Whicher | United States Secret Service | April 19, 1995 | Killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| Patrolman William Patrick O'Malley | East Chicago, Indiana Police Department | January 15, 1934 | Shot and killed after responding to an armed robbery at the First National Bank of East Chicago. John Dillinger was indicted for his murder, and was captured in Tucson, Arizona on January 23, but escaped from jail in Crown Point, Indiana on March 3. This was the only murder charge ever filed against Dillinger, but the case never went to trial, as he was killed in Chicago on July 22, 1934. |
| Officer Max Fenner | San Francisco Police Department | April 18, 1906 | Killed when a building collapsed during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. |
| Special Agent Edwin C. Shanahan | FBI, Chicago Field Office | October 11, 1925 | He was the first FBI special agent to be killed in the line of duty. Shanahan’s duty weapon is displayed at the Chicago Field Office. Contrary to popular belief, FBI agents carried firearms and made "citizen's arrest" prior to passage of the 1934 Crime Bills. Special agents are issued duty weapons upon successful completion of special agent training. |
| Sheriff Marcell C. Hendrix | Greene County Sheriff's Office, Missouri | January 2, 1932 | Killed in the Young Brothers massacre. |
| Deputy Sheriff Oliver Rufus Crosswhite | Greene County Sheriff's Office, Missouri | January 2, 1932 | Killed in the Young Brothers massacre. |
| Deputy Sheriff Wiley M. Mashburn | Greene County Sheriff's Office, Missouri | January 2, 1932 | Killed in the Young Brothers massacre. |
| Chief of Detectives Tony Lee Oliver | Springfield Police Department, Missouri | January 2, 1932 | Killed in the Young Brothers massacre. |
| Detective Albert Sidney Meadows | Springfield Police Department, Missouri | January 2, 1932 | Killed in the Young Brothers massacre. |
| Police Officer Charles Lee Houser | Springfield Police Department, Missouri | January 2, 1932 | Killed in the Young Brothers massacre. |