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Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Police Department
Oklahoma City, OK

Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKChief of Police Milton Jones
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, June 30, 1895
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKCity Marshal John Howard
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, March 10, 1896
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKChief of Police George W. Jackson
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, April 7, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Morris R. Reagan
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, February 25, 1910
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer William F. Byrd
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, August 2, 1919
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Jess Sosbee
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, November 25, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKDetective Briggs Chumley
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, November 3, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Isaac D. Ashburn
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, July 20, 1928
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer John D. (Jack) Gates
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, March 20, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Charles York
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Wednesday, February 8, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer John Harold Beasley
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, May 22, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Douglas W. Gates
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Sunday, December 3, 1933
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Elmer Lee Sartor
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, August 20, 1934
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Ray S. Clark
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, May 23, 1936
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKCaptain Frank Cissne
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, April 5, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Fred B. Counts
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, August 22, 1938
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Webb L. Campbell
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, October 29, 1938
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Reece F. Galyon Jr.
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, December 22, 1951
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKDetective Benjamin F. (Bennie) Cravatt
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Friday, July 16, 1954
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Eugene Henry Mills
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, December 11, 1954
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKPatrolman Ronald Lynn Haggard
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, March 21, 1963
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Mark H. Zelewski
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, July 27, 1964
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKOfficer Michael J. Ratikan
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, June 14, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKPatrolman James Dewey Chamblin
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Monday, April 15, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Lake Patrol, OKLakes Officer William L. Stewart Jr.
Oklahoma City Lake Patrol, OK
EOW: Friday, May 17, 1974
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKSergeant Terry Glen Lawson
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Will Rogers Airport Police Department, OKPolice Officer Garland L. Garrison
Will Rogers Airport Police Depa..., OK
EOW: Wednesday, September 19, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKDetective Gary Lee Ward
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, February 2, 1985
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKMaster Patrolman Richard O. Riggs
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1986
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKPatrolman Delmar Warren Tooman
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Saturday, September 29, 1990
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKPolice Officer Jeffrey Dean Rominger
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, August 31, 2000
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, OKSergeant Jonathan Paul Dragus
Oklahoma City Police Department, OK
EOW: Thursday, October 20, 2005
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 32

Automobile accident: 3
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 20
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Motorcycle accident: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 4
Vehicular assault: 1

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

Oklahoma City Lake Patrol
Will Rogers Airport Police Dep...

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