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Minneapolis Police Department
Minneapolis, MN

Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer Robert Laughlin
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, July 28, 1884
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer Joseph Ollinger
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, July 15, 1911
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer George B. Anderson
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, November 28, 1913
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer Otto G. Ostby
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1915
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer Nels C. Anderson
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, May 31, 1916
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer George Connery
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, April 24, 1917
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer James A. (Bert) Weare
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, February 7, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer George Woessner
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, June 24, 1919
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer John Francis Young
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, July 13, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer Frank S. Hallett
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, August 25, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer Emil Engstrom
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, August 14, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNSergeant Michael J. (Owshaney) Lawrence
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, December 30, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Albert Anderson
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, February 1, 1928
Cause of Death: Animal related
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Clayton J. Seawell
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, May 4, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNLieutenant Harry E. Parker
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, December 24, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Harry McGraw
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, February 1, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Clayton Olson
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, August 9, 1931
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Harold Hagen
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, August 3, 1932
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Ira Leon Evans
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, December 16, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Leo R. Gorski
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, December 18, 1932
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman John W. Thomas
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, August 5, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNSpecial Patrolman Peter Erath
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, May 26, 1934
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Ben J. Lehman
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, May 3, 1936
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Georgianna Sharrot
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, June 14, 1937
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman James H. Trepanier
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, September 20, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman John B. Gearty
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, July 10, 1939
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Adolpf G. Karpinsky
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Thursday, May 22, 1941
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Harold O. Olson
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, August 9, 1941
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNSergeant John W. O'Neil
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, June 7, 1944
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Donald T. McHale
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, March 25, 1951
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Robert H. Fossum
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1957
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Leo M. Bessner
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, May 12, 1958
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNSergeant William F. Herkal
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, May 11, 1959
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNReserve Officer Andrew F. (Pete) Sharp
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1963
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNOfficer James E. Hendricks
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, December 15, 1963
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNReserve Officer Lloyd Reed
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, August 6, 1965
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Richard L. Bergquist
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Monday, April 7, 1969
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Joseph G. Pudlick
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, February 4, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNLieutenant Inno H. Suek
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, September 30, 1972
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman George A. Partridge Jr.
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Wednesday, May 26, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Richard P. Miller Sr.
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Tuesday, August 25, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNSergeant David Ward Mack
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, November 2, 1986
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Jerome Victor Haaf
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, September 25, 1992
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPolice Officer Paul K. Moen
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Saturday, July 1, 1995
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPatrolman Ward Lee Canfield
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Thursday, March 2, 2000
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPolice Officer Melissa Jayne Schmidt
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Thursday, August 1, 2002
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Minneapolis Police Department, MNPolice Officer David R. Loeffler
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Friday, May 29, 2009
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 47

Animal related: 1
Assault: 3
Automobile accident: 1
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 27
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 5
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 1

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