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MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
Every year 140 to 160 law enforcement officers die in the line of duty in this country. On average, that's one police officer killed somewhere in America every 57 hours.

A plaque on the wall of Room 130 of Minneapolis City Hall bears the names of Minneapolis Police Department members who have died in the line of duty since 1884. That plaque was dedicated by the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis in 1938.

Since the first member of the Minneapolis Police Department was killed in the line of duty, 43 other men and one woman have had their names included on that plaque.

The officers listed on the memorial plaque put on their uniforms, strapped on handguns, and went out on the streets of Minneapolis to protect and serve its citizens. The tragic events of the day meant they would never come home. We should never forget their sacrifices. If any lessons can be learned from their deaths that could help another officer come home safely after a shift, then those losses will never be in vain.
(Excerpted from Killed in the Line of Duty, written by Sgt. Tony Miranda, former board member, Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis)

APPOINTED DIED
May 5, 1884 Robert Laughlin July 28, 1884
Jan 7, 1901 Joseph Ollinger July 11, 1911
Jan 7, 1901 George B. Anderson Nov 28, 1913
Jan 3, 1910 Otto G. Ostby May 19,1915
Apr 4, 1904 Nels C. Anderson May 31, 1916
Oct 1, 1909 George Connery Aug 24, 1917
July 1, 1910 James Weare Feb 7, 1919
Aug 29, 1912 George A. Woessner June 24, 1919
May 5, 1893 John Young July 13, 1919
Sept 1, 1909 Frank Hallett Aug 25, 1920
Jan 1, 1923 Emil Engstrom Aug 14, 1923
July 10, 1899 Michael Lawrence (Owshaney) Dec 30, 1925
Jan 1, 1904 Albert Anderson Feb 2, 1928
Oct 1, 1923 Clayton J. Seawell May 4, 1929
Dec 28, 1920 Harry E. Parker Dec 24, 1930
May 1, 1905 Harry McGraw Feb 1, 1931
Dec 4, 1925 Clayton Olson Aug 9, 1931
Dec 1, 1929 Harold Hagen Aug 3, 1932
Jan 1, 1924 Ira L Evans Dec 16, 1932
Jan 24, 1921 Leo R. Gorski Dec 18, 1932
May 10, 1926 John W. Thomas Aug 5, 1933
--------------- Peter Erath May 26, 1934
Jan 15, 1909 Benjamin J. Lehmann May 3, 1936
June 16, 1914 Georgiana L. Sharrot June 14, 1937
Feb 15, 1923 James H. Trepanier Sept 20, 1938
July 5, 1927 John B. Gearty July 10, 1939
Dec 1, 1929 Adolph G. Karpinski May 21, 1941
Oct 1, 1940 Harold O. Olson Aug 9, 1941
Feb 15, 1923 John W. O'Neil June 7, 1944
Feb 18, 1943 Marvin A. Wicklund June 6, 1945
Feb 1, 1948 Donald T. McHale Mar 25, 1951
Oct 14, 1942 Donald L. Risberg Nov 28, 1956
May 16, 1951 Robert H. Fossum Aug 17, 1957
May 8, 1940 Leo M. Bessner Aug 17, 1957
Jan 1, 1948 William F. Herkal May 11, 1959
Jan 8, 1960 James E. Hendricks Dec. 15, 1963
Apr 23, 1962 Richard L. Bergquist Apr 7, 1969
June 8, 1943 Joseph Pudlick Feb 4, 1972
June 14, 1956 Inno H. Suek Sept 30, 1972
Dec 28, 1973 George A. Partridge, Jr. May 26, 1976
Apr 1, 1963 Richard P. Miller Aug 25, 1981
Jan 8, 1968 David W. Mack Nov 2, 1986
Apr 23, 1962 Jerome (Jerry) Haaf Sept 25, 1992
Mar 25, 1996 Melissa J. Schmidt Aug 1, 2002
DEDICATED BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS FEDERATION 1938

 



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