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Houston Police Department
Houston, TX

Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer C. Edward Foley
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, March 10, 1860
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPatrolman Richard Snow
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, March 17, 1882
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Henry Williams
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, February 8, 1886
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer James E. Fenn
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, March 15, 1891
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer William F. Weiss
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Herman Youngst
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 12, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer John C. James
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 12, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDeputy Chief William E. Murphy
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 1, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer John M. Cain
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 3, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Joseph Robert Free
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, October 18, 1912
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Isaac Parson
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Rufus E. Daniels
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer E. G. Meinke
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Horace Moody
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Ross Patton
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Ira Raney
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Johnnie Davidson
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, February 19, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Jeter Young
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1921
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Dave Murdock
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, June 27, 1921
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer J. Clark Etheridge
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 23, 1924
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Pete Corrales
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 25, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective E. C. Chavez
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 17, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Perry P. Jones
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 30, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer R. Q. Wells
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1927
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Carl Greene
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, March 14, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective A. Worth Davis
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1928
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Oscar Hope
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 22, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Ed Jones
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, September 13, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXMotorcycle Officer C. F. Thomas
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Willie Bonner Phares
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 30, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Edward D. Fitzgerald
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 30, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer J. D. Landry
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Harry T. Mereness
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 18, 1933
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Rempsey H. Sullivan
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer James T. Gambill
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1936
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer A. P. Martial
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, November 8, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer M. E. Palmer
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 24, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer George D. Edwards
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, June 30, 1939
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Howard B. Hammond
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 18, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Smith Anderson (Buster) Kent
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1954
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Fred Maddox Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 24, 1954
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXCaptain Charles R. Gougenheim
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1955
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Jack B. Beets
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1955
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXAuxiliary Officer Frank L. Kellogg
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 30, 1955
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Robert Schultea
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 25, 1956
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Noel R. Miller
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, June 6, 1958
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer C. E. Branon
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, March 20, 1959
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer John W. Suttle
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, August 3, 1959
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Gonzalo Q. Gonzalez
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, February 28, 1960
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer James T. Walker
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, March 8, 1963
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXSergeant Charles R. McDaniel
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 4, 1963
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer James Franklin Willis
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1964
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Herbert N. Planer
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Floyd T. DeLoach Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Louis L. Sander
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 21, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Louis R. Kuba
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Bobby L. James
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 26, 1968
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Ben Eddie Gerhart
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 26, 1968
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Kenneth L. Moody
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 26, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Leon Griggs
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 31, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Robert Wayne Lee
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 31, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Claude R. Beck
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, December 10, 1971
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer David Franklin Noel
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1972
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Jerry L. Spruill
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, October 26, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPatrolman Antonio Guzman Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer David Huerta
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 19, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Jerry Lawrence Riley
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 18, 1974
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Johnny Terrell Bamsch
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 30, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Francis Eddie Wright
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 2, 1975
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Richard H. Calhoun
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, October 10, 1975
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer George G. Rojas
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1976
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer James F. Kilty
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 8, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Timothy A. Hearn
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston City Marshal's Office, TXDeputy City Marshal Charles H. Baker
Houston City Marshal's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Victor R. Wells III
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, October 2, 1980
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Jose A. Zamarron
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 18, 1981
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer William Edwin DeLeon
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Winston J. Rawlins
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982
Cause of Death: Fire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXDetective Daryl W. Shirley
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer James D. Harris
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 13, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Kathleen C. Schaefer
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Charles Robert Coates II
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1983
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Houston Airport Police Department, TXOfficer William Moss
Houston Airport Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, September 12, 1983
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Maria Michelle Groves
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 10, 1987
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Andrew Winzer
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1988
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Elston Morris Howard
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 20, 1988
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Florentino M. Garcia Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1989
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer James Charles Boswell
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1989
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer James Bruce Irby
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 27, 1990
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer John Anthony Salvaggio
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, November 25, 1990
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXSergeant Bruno David Soboleski
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 12, 1991
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Michael P. Roman
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 6, 1994
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Guy P. Gaddis
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, January 31, 1994
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer David Michael Healy
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, November 12, 1994
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Dawn Suzanne Erickson
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 24, 1995
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Cuong Huy (Tony) Trinh
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1997
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXSergeant Kent Dean Kincaid
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, May 23, 1998
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Troy Alan Blando
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Jerry Keith Stowe
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 20, 2000
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Dennis E. Holmes
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Alberto (Albert) Vasquez
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Keith Alan Dees
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 7, 2002
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Charles Roy Clark
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 3, 2003
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Frank Manuel Cantu Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 25, 2004
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Reuben Becerra DeLeon Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXOfficer Rodney Joseph Johnson
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 21, 2006
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Gary Allen Gryder
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Timothy Scott Abernethy
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 7, 2008
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Houston Police Department, TXPolice Officer Henry Canales
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 109

Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 9
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 69
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 8
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 5
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 9

The Houston Police Department is comprised of the following independent agencies and/or components (Note: Some of the agencies and/or components no longer exist):

Houston Airport Police Department
Houston City Marshal's Office

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