Detective Sergeant Stanley J. Birns
Chicago Police Department
Illinois

End of Watch: Thursday, July 16, 1914
Cause: Gunfire (Accidental)

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 322

Detective Sergeant Stanley Bims was assigned to lead a team of officers on a raid on a vice district. At the same time, a group of city inspectors were in the area. The two groups met and in the chaos, shots were fired. Sergeant Stanley Birns suffered a fatal gunshot wound during the confusion.

 
Photograph: Detective Sergeant Stanley J. Birns

Patch image: Chicago Police Department, Illinois

Visit Detective Sergeant Birns's memorial at www.ODMP.org