Bessemer Police Department
Police Officer Tommy L. Thedford
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Thursday, October 1, 1981
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Rufus Shelley Kendrick
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Tuesday, July 10, 1945
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer J. Carl Goodwin
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Saturday, June 15, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Thomas Benjamin "Ben" Wallace
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Tuesday, February 29, 1916
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Samuel Ulysses Spence
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Monday, September 15, 1913
Cause: Gunfire
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Thursday, November 7, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Harmon Barton Patridge
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Friday, January 6, 1911
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John J. Flowers
Bessemer Police Department, AL
EOW: Thursday, August 28, 1902
Cause: Gunfire
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 10
- Bomb 1
- Gunfire 9
By Month
- January 1
- February 1
- April 1
- May 1
- June 1
- July 1
- August 1
- September 1
- October 1
- November 1
By Gender
- Male 10
- Female 0
