2024 Honor Roll of Heroes
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 121
- 9/11 related illness 6
- Aircraft accident 1
- Assault 2
- Automobile crash 19
- Boating accident 1
- Drowned 2
- Duty related illness 4
- Electrocuted 1
- Fall 1
- Fire 1
- Gunfire 42
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
- Heart attack 10
- Heatstroke 1
- Motorcycle crash 3
- Stabbed 2
- Struck by vehicle 11
- Vehicle pursuit 1
- Vehicular assault 9
- Weather/Natural disaster 1
Total Deaths by Month
- January 8
- February 15
- March 10
- April 25
- May 9
- June 9
- July 9
- August 13
- September 13
- October 6
- November 4
Total Deaths by State
- Alabama 1
- Arizona 3
- Arkansas 1
- California 4
- Colorado 1
- Connecticut 1
- District of Columbia 1
- Florida 5
- Georgia 6
- Idaho 1
- Illinois 7
- Indiana 2
- Kentucky 3
- Louisiana 3
- Maryland 1
- Massachusetts 2
- Michigan 5
- Minnesota 3
- Mississippi 3
- Missouri 4
- Nebraska 1
- New Jersey 2
- New Mexico 2
- New York 11
- North Carolina 5
- Ohio 3
- Oklahoma 1
- Pennsylvania 2
- Puerto Rico 2
- South Dakota 1
- Tennessee 6
- Texas 13
- Tribal Police 2
- U.S. Government 6
- Utah 1
- Virginia 3
- Washington 1
- Wisconsin 1
- Wyoming 1
Total Deaths by Gender
- Male 116
- Female 5
Statistics
- Average age 39
- Average tour of duty 11 years, 8 months
Total K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 19
Stone County Sheriff's Office, AR
EOW: Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Eric Anthony Minix
Coweta County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Thursday, January 4, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
George County Sheriff's Office, MS
EOW: Thursday, January 4, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, January 15, 2024
Cause: 9/11 related illness
New York State Environmental Conservation Police, NY
EOW: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Cause: 9/11 related illness
Michigan State Police, MI
EOW: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Sergeant Michael "Zini" Kurinzi
Elizabeth Police Department, NJ
EOW: Saturday, January 27, 2024
Cause: 9/11 related illness
Georgia State Patrol, GA
EOW: Sunday, January 28, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, February 2, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok
Moody County Sheriff's Office, SD
EOW: Friday, February 2, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Tavarus Rivers
Crawford County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Johnson
Harnett County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Blount County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Thursday, February 8, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Harris County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Patrol Officer Jonah Hernandez
Las Cruces Police Department, NM
EOW: Sunday, February 11, 2024
Cause: Stabbed
Sheridan Police Department, WY
EOW: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Robert John Leonard
Meigs County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Cause: Drowned
Burnsville Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, February 18, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Matthew Henke Ruge
Burnsville Police Department, MN
EOW: Sunday, February 18, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper First Class Chase Winston Redner
Georgia State Patrol, GA
EOW: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Charles Rivette
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Wisbens Antoine
Knoxville Police Department, TN
EOW: Sunday, February 25, 2024
Cause: Duty related illness
Independence Police Department, MO
EOW: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Washington State Patrol, WA
EOW: Saturday, March 2, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Bryan "Brad" Sweetman
Harris County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Monday, March 4, 2024
Cause: Duty related illness
Border Patrol Agent Christopher Luna
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, US
EOW: Friday, March 8, 2024
Cause: Aircraft accident
Chief of Police William Anthony Anderson, Sr.
Northeast Mississippi Community College Police Department, MS
EOW: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Sergeant Thomas A. Sanfratello
Genesee County Sheriff's Office, NY
EOW: Sunday, March 10, 2024
Cause: Assault
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Monday, March 25, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Christina Musil
DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, IL
EOW: Friday, March 29, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Friday, March 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Lead Police Officer Adam Buckner
Tucson Police Department, AZ
EOW: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Jermyius O’Marian-D’Nazhray Young
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, AL
EOW: Friday, April 5, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Correctional Sergeant Andrew John Faught
Illinois Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Monday, April 8, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Chief of Police Steven Allen Singer
Lake Lafayette Police Department, MO
EOW: Monday, April 8, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH
EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
United States Postal Service - Office of Inspector General, US
EOW: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Ceresco Police Department, NE
EOW: Friday, April 12, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Joseph Russell McKinney
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, April 12, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Sergeant William Marty Jackson, II
Winchester Police Department, KY
EOW: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Michael E. Jensen
Syracuse Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, NY
EOW: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Hendricks County Sheriff's Office, IN
EOW: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Cause: Electrocuted
Osage Nation Police Department, TR
EOW: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Deputy Sheriff Alfredo "Freddy" Flores
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 20, 2024
Cause: Fire
Oakland Police Department, CA
EOW: Saturday, April 20, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Ada County Sheriff's Office, ID
EOW: Sunday, April 21, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Sunday, April 21, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Investigator John Hampton Coddou, III
Harris County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Corpus Christi Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Billerica Police Department, MA
EOW: Friday, April 26, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Russell Croxton
Dubach Police Department, LA
EOW: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Master-at-Arms Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax
United States Navy Security Forces, US
EOW: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Cause: Boating accident
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, April 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, NC
EOW: Monday, April 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Investigator William "Alden" Elliott
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, NC
EOW: Monday, April 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks
United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US
EOW: Monday, April 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Assistant Chief Kevin Linn Palmer
North Richland Hills Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Trooper II Marcellus E. Bethea
New Jersey State Police, NJ
EOW: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Cause: Duty related illness
Sergeant William E. McLean, III
Town of Newburgh Police Department, NY
EOW: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Cause: 9/11 related illness
Santaquin Police Department, UT
EOW: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Corporal Pricilla Soell Pierson
Ponchatoula Police Department, LA
EOW: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier
Connecticut State Police, CT
EOW: Thursday, May 30, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Minneapolis Police Department, MN
EOW: Thursday, May 30, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Parole and Probation, MD
EOW: Friday, May 31, 2024
Cause: Stabbed
Gila River Police Department, TR
EOW: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Police Officer Vicente Ortiz, Jr.
Corpus Christi Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Pennsylvania State Constable - Fayette County, PA
EOW: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Charles City County Sheriff's Office, VA
EOW: Sunday, June 9, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Scottsdale Police Department, AZ
EOW: Thursday, June 13, 2024
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Sheriff Bradley J. Reckling
Oakland County Sheriff's Office, MI
EOW: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Puerto Rico Police Department, PR
EOW: Monday, June 24, 2024
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI
EOW: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Cause: Assault
Deputy Sheriff William Butler, Jr.
Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office, MI
EOW: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Jamieson Ritter
Cleveland Division of Police, OH
EOW: Thursday, July 4, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Probationary Police Officer Edgar Ordonez
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Cause: Heatstroke
Vacaville Police Department, CA
EOW: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Fernando Esqueda
Harris County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Corporal Robert William Sumner
Oklahoma Department of Corrections, OK
EOW: Sunday, July 14, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Correctional Officer Hunter Scott Miller
Kentucky Department of Corrections, KY
EOW: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Senior Corporal Segus R. Jolivette
Lafayette Police Department, LA
EOW: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Cook County Sheriff's Office - Department of Corrections, IL
EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Demetrice Lavelle Johnson
Memphis Police Department, TN
EOW: Friday, August 2, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Sheriff Roy "Sonny" Weatherford
Sumner County Sheriff's Office, TN
EOW: Friday, August 2, 2024
Cause: Fall
Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link
Lake County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Saturday, August 3, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Smyth County Sheriff's Office, VA
EOW: Friday, August 9, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Fort Worth Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, August 12, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Brandon Tyler Cunningham
Paulding County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Thursday, August 22, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Investigator Taylor Jaimeson Bristow
Carroll County Sheriff's Office, GA
EOW: Friday, August 23, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Austin Machitar
San Diego Police Department, CA
EOW: Monday, August 26, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Investigator Wayne Ellis David
Metropolitan Police Department, DC
EOW: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Police Officer Darron Lee Burks
Dallas Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 29, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Osage Beach Police Department, MO
EOW: Saturday, August 31, 2024
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Vienna Town Constable's Office, NY
EOW: Sunday, September 1, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services, US
EOW: Monday, September 2, 2024
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Zane Tristan Coolidge
Phoenix Police Department, AZ
EOW: Friday, September 6, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Jaime Junior Roman
Philadelphia Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Newton County Sheriff's Department, IN
EOW: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia
Massachusetts State Police, MA
EOW: Friday, September 13, 2024
Cause: Duty related illness
Motor Carrier Officer Daniel Kerstetter
Michigan State Police, MI
EOW: Sunday, September 15, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Deputy Sheriff Joshua C. Phipps
Russell County Sheriff's Office, KY
EOW: Monday, September 16, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO
EOW: Sunday, September 22, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Cailee Campbell
Oswego County Sheriff's Office, NY
EOW: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Madison County Sheriff's Office, NC
EOW: Friday, September 27, 2024
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Trooper Kevin Alexis Ramirez-Vasquez
Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Cameron County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, TX
EOW: Monday, September 30, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Detective Clarence E. Word, III
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Cause: 9/11 related illness
Wise County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Cause: Automobile crash
Park Ranger Kevin Melvin Grossheim
United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, US
EOW: Sunday, October 6, 2024
Cause: Drowned
Norfolk Police Department, VA
EOW: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Cause: 9/11 related illness
Corrections Officer Bradford D. McNew
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Illinois State Police, IL
EOW: Friday, October 18, 2024
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Enrique Martinez
Chicago Police Department, IL
EOW: Monday, November 4, 2024
Cause: Gunfire
Golden Police Department, CO
EOW: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Cause: Vehicular assault
Deputy Sheriff Ralph "Butch" Waller
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, FL
EOW: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources - Law Enforcement Section, WV
EOW: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Cause: Training accident
Regional Transportation District Transit Police Department, CO
EOW: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Cause: Exposure to toxins
Richland County Sheriff's Department, SC
EOW: Thursday, June 20, 2024
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Richland County Sheriff's Department, SC
EOW: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Cause: Duty related illness
