Officer Sidney Clarence Crews
Miami Police Department
Florida

End of Watch: Friday, April 26, 1929
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: 7

Officer Sidney Crews was shot and killed with his own weapon inside the city jail by a "crazed inmate." One bullet shattered his right arm and a second bullet struck his hip.

Officer Crews had been employed with the Miami Police Department for eight years and was survived by his wife and seven children.

 
Photograph: Officer Sidney Clarence Crews

Patch image: Miami Police Department, Florida

Visit Officer Crews's memorial at www.ODMP.org