Detective Benjamin F. (Bennie) Cravatt
Oklahoma City Police Department
Oklahoma

End of Watch: Friday, July 16, 1954
Cause: Gunfire

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

Detective Cravatt was shot and killed when he and his partner attempted to stop a robbery in progress. Detective Cravatt and his partner were staking out a grocery store when robbers entered. As Detective Cravatt entered the store he exchanged gunfire with the suspects. Detective Cravatt was fatally wounded. Members of the hold up team were apprehended.

One suspect was convicted of first degree murder and executed in the electric chair January 18, 1956.

 
Photograph: Detective Benjamin F. (Bennie) Cravatt

Patch image: Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma

Visit Detective Cravatt's memorial at www.ODMP.org