End of Watch Report August 2018

August 2018 saw the fewest line of duty deaths of the year with five officers giving their lives in the line of duty.  The annual total for 2018 is now 98, which represents a 3.2% increase over this time last year.

In August one officer died as the result of felonious gunfire. Three officers died in auto-related incidents: one as the result of an auto crash, one from a vehicular assault, and one was struck by a vehicle.  The final line of duty death in August 2018 was the result of a 9/11-related illness. Through the first eight months of 2018, ten officers have already died from 9/11-related illnesses, more than in all of 2017.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in August 2018.  Please take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:

Investigator Timothy Dale Cole, Sr.
Comanche County District Attorney's Office (OK)

Officer Kirk A. Griess
California Highway Patrol (CA)




 

Police Officer Fadi Mukhlis Shukur
Detroit Police Department (MI)

Police Officer Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello
New Rochelle Police Department (NY)

Deputy Sheriff Benjamin LeMont Zirbel
Clay County Sheriff's Office (FL)

End of Watch Report July 2018

In July 2018, fourteen law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the U.S. bringing the year-to-date total to 91.  This represents a 12% increase over the same time in 2017.

Of the fourteen line of duty deaths in July, six were the result of felonious gunfire.  Three were the result of a heart attack and two deaths resulted from duty-related illness.  Two were auto-related (one vehicle pursuit and one vehicular assault). One was the result of an assault.

The Officer Down Memorial Page offers our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in July 2018.  Please take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:

Trooper Nicholas F. Clark
New York State Police (NY)



 

Police Officer Vu X. Nguyen
Cleveland Division of Police (OH)

Deputy Jailer Randy ZoeRay Haddix
Cheyanne County Sheriff's Office (NE)




 

Sergeant Michael C. Chesna
Weymouth Police Department (MA)




 

Special Agent Noel Edward Remagen
United States Secret Service (DHS, US Gov't)

Police Officer Bronson K. Kaliloa
Hawaii County Police Department (HI)

Agent Cadet Immanuel James Washington
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LA)

Corrections Officer Joseph Gomm
Minnesota Department of Corrections (MN)

Corrections Officer Kyle Lawrence Eng
Las Vegas Department of Public Safety - Division of Corrections (NV)

Senior Corporal Earl James "Jamie" Givens, III
Dallas Police Department (TX)

Police Officer Diego Moreno
Kent Police Department (WA)

Trooper Tyler Edenhofer
Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZ)

Police Officer Michael J. Michalski
Milwaukee Police Department (WI)

Police Officer Adam Edward Jobbers-Miller
Fort Myers Police Department (FL)

End of Watch Report June 2018

In June 2018, eight law enforcement officers died in the line of duty, tying January with the fewest line of duty deaths this year, and only the second month in 2018 with fewer than thirteen line of duty deaths.

Of the eight officers who gave their lives in June, five died in auto-related incidents (two automobile crashes, one vehicle pursuit, one vehicular assault, and one struck by vehicle).  Two officers died as the result of gunfire in a single incident.  One officer died as the result of a 9/11-related illness.

The total number of line of duty deaths in 2018 stands at 75 at the end of June - halfway through the year.  This represents a less than 3% increase over this time last year.

The Officer Down Memorial Page offers our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in June 2018.  Please read their memorials and Remember the Fallen:

Collections Operations Manager Todd Christopher Bacon
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Intelligence (U.S. Gov't)


 

Police Officer Charles G. Irvine, Jr.
Milwaukee Police Department (WI)

Sergeant Charles Salaway
New York State Police (NY)

Deputy Sheriff Patrick Rohrer
Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office (KS)

Deputy Sheriff Theresa King
Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office (KS)

Correctional Officer Tawanna Marin
Florida Department of Corrections (FL)

Senior Police Officer Christopher Driver
Rocky Mount Police Department (NC)

Police Officer Matthew Mazany
Mentor Police Department (OH)