John Ferdinand Bockman (October 31, 1891 - April 28 1924) was an American police officer, and the only police officer to be killed in the line of duty in the town of Libby, Montana.
On the evening of Monday, April 28, 1924, a Great Northern Railway employee was shot at by a stranger who had accosted him in the dark rail yard just outside of Libby. This employee, named Hill, managed to escape unharmed and report in town what had happened. Officer Bockman was then called from his home to investigate the disturbance. Officer John Ferdinand Bockman is enrolled in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and the Montana Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
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