List of Baltimore Police Department officers killed in the line of duty

The following Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers have been killed in the line of duty or while 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 "BCPPD" in the Notes cell denotes the officers were Baltimore City Park Police Department.

Name Rank Badge Number Unit Date of death Age Cause of death Notes
George Workner Night Watchman Patrol March 15, 1808 Stabbed
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
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
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.
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
John E. Harris Patrolman Patrol July 3, 1925 73 Struck by vehicle BCPPD
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.
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
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
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
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 252 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
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
Calvin M. Rodwell Police Officer 1869 Patrol September 22, 1973 34 Gunfire O/D Working part-time as a cab driver during incident.
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
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
Robert John Barlow Sergeant Patrol April 23, 1978 43 Heart Attack O/D Suffered heart attack an hour after getting off duty.
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
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
Ira Neil Weiner Police Officer Patrol September 21, 1992 28 Gunfire L/D Succumbed to injuries sustained on 9/19/1992.
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
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
Crystal Dennen Sheffield Police Officer Patrol August 22, 2002 35 Automobile accident L/D Succumbed to injuries sustained on 8/21/2002.
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
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.
Forrest Edward "Dino" Taylor Police Officer 451 Patrol August 29, 2012 44 Automobile accident L/D Succumbed to injuries sustained on 2/18/2012.
Craig Chandler Police Officer Patrol January 9, 2015 27 Vehicle pursuit L/D Succumbed to injuries sustained on 11/23/2014.

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