Louisville Metro Police Department
Police Officer Zachary Dale Cottongim
Louisville Metro Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, December 18, 2021
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Hassan Falah Hassan
Louisville Metro Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, April 2, 2021
Cause: Duty related illness
Police Officer Martez Keith "Tez" Hughes
Louisville Metro Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, November 19, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Detective Deidre Irene Mengedoht
Louisville Metro Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, December 24, 2018
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Nicholas Aniceto Rodman
Louisville Metro Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Peter Alan Grignon
Louisville Metro Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Cause: Gunfire
Corporal Michael Rush Carrithers
Louisville Housing Authority Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 17, 1995
Cause: Automobile crash
Officer Franklin W. Pysher, Jr.
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, January 10, 1989
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 7, 1988
Cause: Automobile crash
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, July 29, 1986
Cause: Electrocuted
Patrolman Ricky Allen LaFollette
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 18, 1983
Cause: Drowned
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, January 27, 1981
Cause: Automobile crash
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, April 3, 1980
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Albert Berry Sallee, Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 12, 1979
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, November 6, 1978
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, May 16, 1977
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Mark Wynnfield Hines
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 29, 1976
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, March 11, 1976
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, February 23, 1974
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Raymond Stetson Oyler, Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 8, 1971
Cause: Vehicular assault
Detective John W. Schaefer, Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, May 2, 1971
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 30, 1969
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 30, 1969
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 18, 1968
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, November 29, 1967
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman William Frederick Meyer
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 1, 1967
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman James Francis Sansbury
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, February 21, 1965
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman Cosby Harris Whitted, Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, August 23, 1963
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Delmar Whitworth, Sr.
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, May 24, 1960
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman Orville Chancy Trinkle, Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, March 29, 1960
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman William Lawrence Long, Sr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, October 4, 1958
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman Edward P. Nowakowski
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, July 10, 1957
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 5, 1954
Cause: Automobile crash
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 8, 1952
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman John Patrick Minogue
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1952
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, October 4, 1950
Cause: Heart attack
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, June 19, 1950
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman John Harold Tennyson
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1949
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, April 3, 1949
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman John Harlan Hawthorne
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, January 22, 1947
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 10, 1946
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, September 19, 1946
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman William Preston Bryant
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 1943
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman James Leslie Hedgepeth
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, February 12, 1942
Cause: Vehicular assault
Patrolman William Thomas Kinney
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, February 10, 1942
Cause: Vehicular assault
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, September 25, 1940
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, December 11, 1939
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Walter Davis Mazzie, Jr.
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1939
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1938
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Patrolman Frederick Strother Barton
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 3, 1937
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, February 11, 1937
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Lawrence W. Claycomb
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, January 28, 1937
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, January 13, 1937
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman John Wesley Carpenter
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 29, 1935
Cause: Duty related illness
Detective Sergeant Eugene M. Hagan
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 28, 1934
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, June 15, 1934
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Clarence Quinton Evans
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 9, 1934
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, April 8, 1934
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 25, 1933
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 23, 1932
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932
Cause: Gunfire
Detective William Leath Mulligan
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 1932
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, March 6, 1931
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, January 31, 1931
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, January 31, 1931
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, January 27, 1930
Cause: Vehicular assault
Patrolman William Freeman Newcome
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, September 14, 1929
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrolman Robert Emmett McGalin
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 25, 1929
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 5, 1928
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, March 25, 1928
Cause: Gunfire
Detective Sergeant Lawrence J. Mialback
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, October 4, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 25, 1927
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, September 1, 1926
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, May 3, 1925
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, April 1, 1924
Cause: Gunfire
Patrolman Charles Oglesby Daily
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, September 12, 1923
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant George Griffths Pfeiffer
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, July 18, 1923
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, September 1, 1921
Cause: Automobile crash
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 3, 1920
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Patrolman Thomas Martin Giltner
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, June 2, 1919
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1918
Cause: Duty related illness
Sergeant Thomas J. Fitzgibbons
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, April 10, 1918
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, February 18, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Chief of Police Edward H. Powell
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, May 16, 1916
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 11, 1914
Cause: Struck by train
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, September 6, 1912
Cause: Heatstroke
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, June 5, 1910
Cause: Duty related illness
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, November 19, 1909
Cause: Gunfire
Jefferson County Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, May 22, 1909
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, April 11, 1909
Cause: Assault
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, December 13, 1907
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, November 25, 1907
Cause: Animal related
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, December 20, 1904
Cause: Gunfire
Corporal Fred J. Richterkessing
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, April 1, 1901
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, November 15, 1900
Cause: Animal related
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, August 14, 1898
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, November 5, 1897
Cause: Gunfire
Parkland Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, July 29, 1893
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Saturday, November 29, 1890
Cause: Heart attack
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Monday, July 7, 1890
Cause: Assault
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888
Cause: Stabbed
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1888
Cause: Stabbed
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, December 6, 1885
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1869
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Friday, December 29, 1865
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, September 4, 1864
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Benjamin S. Rust
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Wednesday, January 15, 1862
Cause: Gunfire
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Tuesday, August 17, 1858
Cause: Gunfire
K9 Berry von den Kemper Benden
Louisville Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, March 8, 1987
Cause: Automobile crash
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 118
- Animal related 2
- Assault 3
- Automobile crash 17
- COVID19 1
- Drowned 1
- Duty related illness 4
- Electrocuted 1
- Fire 1
- Gunfire 49
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
- Heart attack 2
- Heatstroke 1
- Motorcycle crash 14
- Stabbed 2
- Struck by train 1
- Struck by vehicle 5
- Vehicle pursuit 7
- Vehicular assault 5
By Month
- January 10
- February 6
- March 6
- April 15
- May 14
- June 4
- July 8
- August 17
- September 11
- October 6
- November 11
- December 10
By Gender
- Male 116
- Female 2
K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 1
- Automobile crash 1
Predecessor Agencies
