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                  Our Fallen Officers

 

                         

 

 

 

Dedicated to the memory of local law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their life as a part of their dedication to the profession of law enforcement.

 

 

Police Officer Hartley Gillum
Mayfield Police Department
 Kentucky
 

Biographical Info
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Unknown

Incident Details
 Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Sunday, June 16, 1940

 
Officer Gillum was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a suspected bootlegger. He was survived by his wife.

 

 

 

 

Police Officer Terry Sanders
Mayfield Police Department
 Kentucky
 

Biographical Info
Age: 23
Tour of Duty: 11-01-88 to 09-15-89
Badge Number: 514 (Retired)

Incident Details
 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Friday, September 15, 1989
 

Patrolman Sanders was killed in an aircraft accident while on duty. The plane crashed as a result of heavy fog and rain.
 

 

 

 

Police Officer Charles Todd                            

Mayfield Police Department
Kentucky
 

Biographical Info
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 7-01-89 to 08-22-92
Badge Number: 503 (Retired)

Incident Details
 Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: Saturday, August 22, 1992

 

Officer Todd was killed when he was stabbed at a wedding party. He was off duty and was attending the wedding party when an uninvited guest arrived and began a fight. He attempted to intervene and was stabbed.

 

 

 

 

Deputy Sheriff William B. Usher
Graves County Sheriff's Department
Kentucky
 

Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
 Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, December 24, 1900
 

Deputy Usher was shot and killed as he and the sheriff attempted to serve a warrant. The lawmen were met with gunfire when they arrived at the scene and Deputy Usher was killed. The sheriff was able to return fire and kill the suspect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheriff John T. Roach
Graves County Sheriff's Department
Kentucky
 

Biographical Info                                                                
Age: 30                                                                                                
Tour of Duty: Not available                                                                  
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, March 6, 1922

 

Sheriff Roach was shot and killed by a former deputy who was upset that he was not appointed to another term by the sheriff. The former deputy, after learning that other deputies had been sworn in on the first day of the circuit court session, went to the sheriff's office and confronted him. After a brief argument the former deputy retrieved his pistol from a safe. As the sheriff took a step towards him he was shot several times and killed.

The suspect was taken to a jail in a neighboring city to prevent a mob from attacking him. A grand jury indicted him for murder.

 

 

                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trooper James McNeely
 Kentucky State Police ,Kentucky

Biographical Info
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 16 yr
Badge Number: 781

Incident Details
 Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: Saturday, April 8, 1972
 

 

Trooper McNeely drowned while participating in a flood rescue mission in Franklin County, Kentucky.

Trooper McNeely had been with the agency for 16 years and was survived by his wife and daughter.