List of Baltimore Police Department officers killed in the line of duty
{{Underlinked|date=June 2015}}
The following '''[[Baltimore Police Department]] (BPD)''' officers have been killed in the line of duty or while off-duty.
== Officers ==
'''Key'''<br />
{{legend2|#cedff2|shaded rows with "'''L/D'''" in the Notes cell denotes the officer died at a ''later date'' than the day of the incident.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br />
{{legend2|#faecc8|shaded rows with "'''O/D'''" in the Notes cell denotes the officer was killed while ''off duty''.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br />
{{legend2|#cef2e0|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.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br />
{{legend2|#ddcef2|shaded rows with a "'''BCPPD'''" in the Notes cell denotes the officers were ''Baltimore City Park Police Department''.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Name
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Rank
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Badge Number
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Unit
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Date of death
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Age
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"|Cause of death
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width="auto"; class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| George Workner
| Night Watchman
|
| Patrol
| March 15, 1808
|
| Stabbed
|
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| John Omayer
| Night Watchman
|
| Patrol
| November 13, 1856
|
| Gunfire (accidental)
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 11/4/1856.
|-
| William Jourdan
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| October 14, 1857
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Benjamin Benton
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 22, 1858
| 45
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Robert M. Rigdon
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| November 8, 1858
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| James Murphy
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 5, 1870
| 23
| Assault
|
|-
| Joseph Clark
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| May 22, 1871
| 50
| Gunfire
|
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| John H. Richards
| Detective
|
| CID
| September 14, 1871
| 41
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 8/31/1871.
|-
| John Christopher
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| August 18, 1872
|
| Gunfire
|
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| Franklin Fullum
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| November 22, 1872
| 39
| Duty related illness
| '''L/D''' Contracted smallpox while struggling with a suspect on 11/1/1872.
|-
| James T. Harvey
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 28, 1873
| 28
| Duty related illness
| Contracted smallpox while on duty.
|-
| Charles W. Fisher
| Police Officer
| 52
| Patrol
| January 6, 1884
| 44
| Drowned
|
|-
| John T. Lloyd
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 4, 1889
| 30
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Jacob Zapp
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 15, 1891
| 57
| Struck by train
|
|-
| James T. Dunn
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| June 20, 1894
| 34
| Struck by train
| With Police Officer Michael Neary.
|-
| Michael Neary
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| June 20, 1894
|
| Struck by train
| With Police Officer James T. Dunn.
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| John J. Dailey
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 17, 1895
|
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 8/26/1895.
|-
| Alonzo B. Bishop
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| August 29, 1899
|
| Automobile accident
|
|-
| Charles J. Donahue
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| May 20, 1902
| 27
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Matthew Boone
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 26, 1905
| 62
| Heart Attack
|
|-
| Thomas H. Worthington
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| March 4, 1909
| 54
| Electrocuted
|
|-
| George C. Sauer
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| April 18, 1915
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Herbert Bitzel
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 20, 1915
| 28
| Struck by streetcar
|
|-
| Michael J. Burns
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 22, 1917
| 28
| Electrocuted
|
|-
| John J. Lanahan
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 3, 1919
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Michael J. Egan
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 2, 1920
| 49
| Heart Attack
|
|-
| Frank L. Lantham
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| March 2, 1924
| 35
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Charles S. Frank
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| June 20, 1924
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| George D. Hart
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 2, 1925
|
| Motorcycle accident
|
|-
| Patrick J. Conniff
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| May 18, 1925
| 44
| Struck by streetcar
|
|- style="background:#ddcef2;"
| John E. Harris
| Patrolman
|
| Patrol
| July 3, 1925
| 73
| Struck by vehicle
| '''BCPPD'''
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| Roy L. Mitchell
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| November 1, 1925
|
| Struck by vehicle
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 10/28/1935.
|-
| Webster E. Schumann
| Police Officer
| 849
| Patrol
| June 29, 1926
| 31
| Gunfire
| With Police Clerk Thomas J. Dillon.
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| Thomas J. Dillon
| Police Clerk
|
| Patrol
| July 12, 1926
| 41
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 6/29/1926. With Police Officer Webster E. Schumann.
|-
| William Francis Doehler
| Police Officer
| 620
| Patrol
| August 5, 1927
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| George M. J. May
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| February 12, 1928
|
| Automobile accident
|
|-
| Joseph F. Carroll
| Sergeant
| 517
| Patrol
| November 19, 1928
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| John P. Burns
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 7, 1931
| 45
| Gunfire
|
|-
| William A. Bell
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 2, 1932
| 52
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Thomas F. Steinacker
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 4, 1932
|
| Accidental
|
|-
| John R. J. Block
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| April 21, 1933
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| John Blank
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 12, 1934
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| John A. Stapf
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| November 2, 1934
|
| Struck by streetcar
|
|-
| Henry W. Sudmeier
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| December 20, 1934
| 35
| Gunfire (accidental)
|
|-
| Max Hirsh
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 14, 1935
| 41
| Accidental
|
|-
| Arthur H. Malinofski
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 31, 1935
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Leo BaCon
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 9, 1936
|
| Accidental
|
|-
| Carroll Hanley
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 29, 1936
| 64
| Vehicular Assault
|
|-
| John T. King
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| December 28, 1936
|
| Struck by vehicle
|
|-
| Thomas J. Barlow
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| December 31, 1937
|
| Vehicular Assault
|
|- style="background:#cedff2;"
| Joseph Edward Keene
| Chief Engineer
|
| Engineers
| November 1, 1938
| 50
| Fall
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 10/24/38. Contracted pneumonia in while in the hospital.
|-
| William L. Ryan
| Police Officer
| 930
| Patrol
| June 13, 1940
| 44
| Stabbed
|
|-
| William J. Woodcock
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| June 13, 1943
|
| Assault
|
|-
| William S. Knight
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| November 7, 1943
| 35
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Joseph C. Waldsachs
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 29, 1944
| 54
| Fall
|
|-
| John B. Bealefeld
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 10, 1945
|
| Duty related illness
|
|-
| Elmer A. Noon
| Police Officer
| 488
| Patrol
| November 20, 1946
| 42
| Heart Attack
|
|-
| Fred R. Unger
| Police Officer
| 1434
| Patrol
| January 13, 1947
| 38
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Joseph Daniel Benedict
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 13, 1948
| 23
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Thomas J. Burns
| Police Officer
| 1559
| Patrol
| October 1, 1948
| 24
| Motorcycle Accident
|
|-
| John W. Arnold
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| December 30, 1948
| 53
| Gunfire
|
|-
| James L. Joyce
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| April 4, 1949
| 42
| Automobile Accident
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Thomas J. O'Neill
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 16, 1949
| 50
| Duty related illness
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 10/15/1949.
|-
| Charles M. Hilbert
| Police Officer
| 1237
| Patrol
| August 4, 1950
| 27
| Vehicular Assault
|
|-
| Roland W. Morgan
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 6, 1951
| 39
| Vehicular Assault
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| James L. Scholl
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| August 1, 1953
| 41
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 7/20/1953.
|-
| Alfred P. Bobelis
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 14, 1954
| 47
| Vehicular Assault
|
|-
| Aubrey L. Lowman
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| April 19, 1954
| 37
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Walter D. Davis
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 1, 1954
|
| Automobile Accident
|
|-
| James J. Purcell
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| October 24, 1955
| 51
| Gunfire
|
|-
| John R. Phelan
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 29, 1956
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| John F. Andrews
| Police Officer
| 2220
| Patrol
| October 9, 1957
| 33
| Vehicle Pursuit
|
|-
| Robert K. Nelson
| Police Officer
| 671
| Patrol
| September 19, 1958
| 25
| Motorcycle Accident
|
|-
| Richard H. Duvall, Jr.
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 11, 1959
| 28
| Gunfire (accidental)
|
|-
| Warren V. Eckert
| Police Officer
| 2229
| Patrol
| November 16, 1960
| 27
| Motorcycle Accident
|
|-
| Henry Smith, Jr.
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| April 7, 1962
| 31
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Richard D. Seebo
| Police Officer
| 2465
| Patrol
| May 26, 1962
| 26
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Edward J. Kowalewski
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 2, 1962
| 35
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Francis R. Stransky
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 10, 1964
| 40
| Heart Attack
|
|-
| Claude J. Profili
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 6, 1964
| 35
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Walter Patrick Matthys
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 11, 1964
| 21
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Teddy L. Bafford
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 15, 1964
| 33
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Jack Lee Cooper
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| December 25, 1964
| 43
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Charles R. Ernest
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 20, 1965
| 44
| Struck by vehicle
|
|-
| Robert Henry Kuhn
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 22, 1965
| 23
| Gunfire
|
|-
| William J. Baumer
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 25, 1967
|
| Heart Attack
|
|-
| Frederick K. Kontner
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 10, 1967
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| John C. Williams
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| August 21, 1967
|
| Fire
|
|-
| Richard F. Bosak
| Detective
|
| CID
| April 18, 1968
| 40
| Gunfire
|
|-
| George F. Heim
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 16, 1970
| 42
| Struck by vehicle
|
|-
| Henry M. Mickey
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| March 24, 1970
| 28
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Donald W. Sager
| Police Officer
| 2355
| Patrol
| April 24, 1970
| 35
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Carl Peterson, Jr.
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| June 12, 1971
| 46
| Gunfire
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Martin Webb
| Lieutenant
|
| Patrol
| August 3, 1971
|
| Drowned
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 8/1/1971.
|-
| Lorenzo Arnest Gray
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 26, 1972
| 24
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Robert M. Hurley
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| March 28, 1973
| 46
| Heart Attack
|
|-
| Norman Frederick Buchman
| Police Officer
| 2253
| Patrol
| April 3, 1973
| 24
| Gunfire
|
|- style="background:#faecc8;"
| Calvin M. Rodwell
| Police Officer
| 1869
| Patrol
| September 22, 1973
| 34
| Gunfire
| '''O/D''' Working part time as a cab driver during incident.
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Frank Warren Whitby Jr.
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| May 5, 1974
| 22
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 4/5/1974.
|-
| Frank William Grunder, Jr.
| Detective Sergeant
|
| CID
| August 1, 1974
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Milton I. Spell
| Police Officer
| 563
| Patrol
| August 15, 1974
| 27
| Gunfire
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Martin Joseph Greiner
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| December 10, 1974
|
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 11/30/1974.
|-
| Edward S. Sherman
| Police Officer
| 3085
| Patrol
| September 13, 1975
| 28
| Duty related illness
|
|-
| Timothy B. Ridenour
| Police Officer
| 3074
| Patrol
| October 27, 1975
| 26
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Jimmy Dale Halcomb
| Police Officer
| 293
| Patrol
| April 16, 1976
| 31
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Edgar J. Rumpf
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| February 15, 1978
| 33
| Fire
|
|-style="background:#faecc8;"
| Robert John Barlow
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| April 23, 1978
| 43
| Heart Attack
| '''O/D''' Suffered heart attack an hour after getting off duty.
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Nelson F. Bell, Jr.
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 27, 1978
| 29
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 10/22/1978.
|-
| William D. Albers
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| August 19, 1979
|
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Ronald L. Tracey
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 20, 1981
| 29
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Marcellus Ward
| Detective
| 45
| DEA Task Force
| December 3, 1984
| 36
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Richard J. Lear
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 8, 1985
| 61
| Struck by vehicle
|
|-
| Vincent J. Adolfo
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| November 18, 1985
| 24
| Gunfire
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Richard Thomas Miller
| Police Officer
| 1998
| Patrol
| July 21, 1986
| 55
| Vehicular assault
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 6/12/1986.
|-
| Robert Alexander
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 20, 1986
| 22
| Struck by vehicle
|
|-
| William J. Martin
| Police Officer
| 2520
| Patrol
| October 10, 1989
| 37
| Gunfire
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Ira Neil Weiner
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| September 21, 1992
| 28
| Gunfire
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 9/19/1992.
|-style="background:#faecc8;"
| Herman A. Jones
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| May 26, 1993
| 50
| Gunfire
| '''O/D''' Murdered while waiting for carryout food.
|-
| Owen Eugene Sweeney, Jr.
| Lieutenant
|
| Patrol
| May 7, 1997
| 47
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Harold Jerome Carey
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| October 30, 1998
| 28
| Automobile accident
|
|-
| Barry Winston Wood
| Flight Officer
|
| Aviation
| November 4, 1998
| 50
| Aircraft accident
|
|-
| Jamie Allen Roussey
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| March 8, 2000
| 22
| Automobile accident
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Kevon Malik Gavin
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| April 21, 2000
| 27
| Vehicular assault
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 4/20/2000.
|-
| John David Platt
| Sergeant
|
| Patrol
| October 14, 2000
| 35
| Vehicular assault
| With Police Officer Kevin Joseph McCarthy.
|-
| Kevin Joseph McCarthy
| Police Officer
| 2840
| Patrol
| October 14, 2000
| 36
| Vehicular assault
| With Sergeant John David Platt.
|-
| Michael Joseph Cowdery, Jr.
| Agent
|
| Operations
| March 13, 2001
| 31
| Gunfire
|
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Crystal Dennen Sheffield
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| August 22, 2002
| 35
| Automobile accident
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 8/21/2002.
|-style="background:#faecc8;"
| Thomas G. Newman
| Detective
| 397
| CID
| November 23, 2002
| 37
| Gunfire
| '''O/D''' Murdered outside a bar in retaliation for testimony in a case in which he was shot and wounded in the previous year.
|-
| Brian Donte Winder
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| July 3, 2004
| 36
| Gunfire
|
|-
| Anthony A. Byrd
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| May 19, 2006
| 31
| Automobile accident
|
|-style="background:#faecc8;"
| Troy Lamont Chesley, Sr.
| Detective
| 874
| Public Housing
| January 9, 2007
| 34
| Gunfire
| '''O/D''' Murdered while attempting to stop a robbery while off duty.
|-
| James Earl Fowler, III
| Police Officer
|
| TAC
| September 27, 2010
| 61
| Automobile accident
|
|-
| Thomas Russell Portz, Jr.
| Police Officer
| 1661
| Patrol
| October 20, 2010
| 32
| Automobile accident
|
|-
| William Henry Torbit, Jr.
| Police Officer
| 2682
| Operations
| January 9, 2011
| 33
| Gunfire (accidental)
| Shot by uniformed officers while in plain clothes.
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Forrest Edward "Dino" Taylor
| Police Officer
| 451
| Patrol
| August 29, 2012
| 44
| Automobile accident
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 2/18/2012.
|-style="background:#cedff2;"
| Craig Chandler
| Police Officer
|
| Patrol
| January 9, 2015
| 27
| Vehicle pursuit
| '''L/D''' Succumbed to injuries sustained on 11/23/2014.
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Baltimore|Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics}}
*[[List of American police officers killed in the line of duty]]
*[[List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States]]
==References==
;General
*{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimorepolice.org/news/final-roll-call|title=Final Roll Call}}
;Specific
*{{cite web|url=https://www.odmp.org/agency/214-baltimore-city-police-department-maryland|title=ODMP Baltimore Police Department}}
==External Links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimorepolice.org/|title=Baltimore Police Department}}
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[[Category:American police officers killed in the line of duty]]