List of U.S. police officers killed in 2011

This is a list of American police officers killed in 2011.

List

2011

Death Name Department Cause of death 2011-01-01 Deputy Suzanne Hopper Enon Beach, Ohio Gunfire 2011-01-04 Deputy Sheriff John Norsworthy Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, TX Automobile accident 2011-01-05 Chief of Police Ralph Arthur Painter Rainier Police Department, OR Gunfire 2011-01-09 Police Officer William Henry Torbit Jr. Baltimore City Police Department, MD Gunfire (accidental) 2011-01-13 Police Officer Rogerio Rene Morales Davie Police Department, FL Heat exhaustion 2011-01-14 Police Officer Christopher Anthony Matlosz Lakewood Police Department, NJ Gunfire 2011-01-14 Police Officer Kevin Paul Marceau Dallas Police Department, TX Struck by vehicle 2011-01-17 Police Officer Larry James Nehasil Livonia Police Department, MI Gunfire 2011-01-20 Detective Roger Castillo Miami-Dade Police Department, FL Gunfire 2011-01-20 Detective Amanda Lynn Haworth Miami-Dade Police Department, FL Gunfire 2011-01-20 Police Officer Tom Hayes Columbus Division of Police, OH Gunfire 2011-01-21 Corporal Charles Richard "Chuck" Nesbitt Jr. Sumter Police Department, SC Automobile accident 2011-01-24 Police Officer Jeffrey Adam Yaslowitz St. Petersburg Police Department, FL Gunfire 2011-01-24 Sergeant Thomas John Baitinger St. Petersburg Police Department, FL Gunfire 2011-01-26 Officer David Spencer Moore Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, IN Gunfire 2011-01-28 Corrections Officer Casimiro Maximino Pomales New York State Department of Correctional Services, NY Automobile accident 2011-01-29 Correctional Officer Jayme Lee Biendl Washington State Department of Corrections, WA Assault 2011-01-29 Park Ranger Christopher Nickel United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, U.S. Duty related illness 2011-02-02 Correctional Officer Colonel Gregory Guy Malloy Florida Department of Corrections, FL Gunfire 2011-02-05 Police Officer Jonathan V. Bastock Stow Police Department, OH Duty related illness 2011-02-05 Police Officer Michael J. Califano Nassau County Police Department, NY Automobile accident 2011-02-13 Police Officer Aaron Daniel Peru San Carlos Apache Tribal Police Department, TR Automobile accident 2011-02-15 Captain Daniel Patrick Stiles Uniontown Police Department, OH Struck by vehicle 2011-02-15 Officer Thomas Richard Adams California Highway Patrol, CA Automobile accident 2011-02-15 Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Investigations, U.S. Gunfire 2011-02-16 Deputy U.S. Marshal Derek William Hotsinpiller United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Gunfire 2011-02-16 Captain John Irwin "Jay" McDonough, II Volusia County Beach Patrol, FL Heart attack 2011-02-17 Sergeant Adam Greg Rosenthal Delray Beach Police Department, FL Automobile accident 2011-02-18 Detective John M. Falcone Poughkeepsie City Police Department, NY Gunfire 2011-02-21 Police Officer David Scott Crawford St. Petersburg Police Department, FL Gunfire 2011-02-24 Park Ranger Julie Ann Weir United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, U.S. Automobile accident 2011-02-25 Police Officer Frederick Alston Thornton Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC Explosion 2011-03-02 Security Policeman Nicholas Jerome Alden United States Air Force Security Forces, U.S. Gunfire 2011-03-03 Deputy Sheriff Willie Amos Cammon Heard County Sheriff's Office, GA Automobile accident 2011-03-03 Deputy Sheriff Shandon Wright Pierce County Sheriff's Department, WA Assault 2011-03-04 District Administrator Debra Kay Collins Missouri Department of Corrections, MO Automobile accident 2011-03-04 Police Officer James Philip "Stumpy" Sticklen Alexandria Police Department, KY Heart attack 2011-03-05 Police Officer Donald Joshua Newman Jemison Police Department, AL Automobile accident 2011-03-05 Sergeant Harold J. Smith New York City Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-03-08 Deputy U.S. Marshal John Brookman Perry United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Gunfire 2011-03-08 Police Officer Tony Francis Koga, III Homestead Police Department, FL Automobile accident 2011-03-09 Police Officer Jay William Sheridan Limon Police Department, CO Gunfire 2011-03-12 Police Officer Geoffrey J. Breitkopf Nassau County Police Department, NY Gunfire (accidental) 2011-03-13 Police Officer Alain K. Schaberger New York City Police Department, NY Assault 2011-03-13 Deputy Sheriff Cameron Neil Justus Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, VA Gunfire 2011-03-13 Deputy Sheriff William Ezra Stiltner Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, VA Gunfire 2011-03-15 Police Officer Stephanie Ann Brown San Antonio Police Department, TX Vehicular assault 2011-03-16 Detective Michael K. Erickson Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL Heart attack 2011-03-19 Police Officer Andrew Scott Dunn Sandusky Police Department, OH Gunfire 2011-03-19 Police Officer Jermaine Anthony Gibson Cathedral City Police Department, CA Vehicle pursuit 2011-03-19 Chief of Police Capers Wannamaker Jr. St. Matthews Police Department, SC Automobile accident 2011-03-20 Police Officer Craig Allen Birkholz Fond du Lac Police Department, WI Gunfire 2011-03-22 Senior Police Officer Elmer Basco "Buddy" Christian, III Athens-Clarke County Police Department, GA Gunfire 2011-03-23 Senior Patrol Officer James Gering Brooks Sr. Madison Police Department, MS Motorcycle accident 2011-03-25 Game Warden Pilot Daryl Ray Gordon Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service, ME Aircraft accident 2011-03-26 Trooper Kevin Patrick Dobson Sr. New York State Police, NY Struck by vehicle 2011-03-28 Deputy Sheriff Robert Leo Britton Jr. Smith County Sheriff's Office, TX Animal related 2011-03-28 Trooper I Anthony R. Fotiou New Jersey State Police, NJ Heart attack 2011-04-02 Sergeant James Timothy "Tim" Chapin Chattanooga Police Department, TN Gunfire 2011-04-04 Sergeant Eric John Stein Keokuk County Sheriff's Office, IA Gunfire 2011-04-06 Trooper Jeffrey James Werda Michigan State Police, MI Automobile accident 2011-04-07 Senior Officer Specialist Christopher Quinn Cooper United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Heart attack 2011-04-12 Correctional Officer Ronald E. "RJ" Johnson South Dakota Department of Corrections, SD Assault 2011-04-12 Patrolman Jonathan Richard Schmidt Trumann Police Department, AR Gunfire 2011-04-18 Deputy Sheriff Sherri Katherine Jones Bowie County Sheriff's Department, TX Gunfire 2011-04-18 Public Safety Officer Eric Emiliano Zapata Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, MI Gunfire 2011-04-22 Police Officer J. Christopher Kilcullen Eugene Police Department, OR Gunfire 2011-04-23 Deputy Sheriff Clifton Leigh Taylor Johnson County Sheriff's Office, TX Gunfire 2011-04-24 Police Officer Daryl Anthony Hall St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO Gunfire 2011-05-01 Police Officer Rolando Alberto Tirado Buckeye Police Department, AZ Gunfire 2011-05-02 Captain Ralph Vester Braden Wartburg Police Department, TN Assault 2011-05-07 Trooper Andrew Thomas "Andy" Wall Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN Motorcycle accident 2011-05-10 Sergeant Brian Scott Dulle Warren County Sheriff's Office, OH Vehicular assault 2011-05-12 Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Rojas Jr. U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Government Struck by train 2011-05-12 Border Patrol Agent Hector R. Clark U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Government Struck by train 2011-05-12 Corrections Officer IV Craig Allan Orrell Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TX Heart attack 2011-05-20 Police Officer Paul Winston Nauden Chicago Police Department, IL Heart attack 2011-05-21 Trooper First Class Shaft Sidney Hunter Maryland State Police, MD Vehicle pursuit 2011-05-21 Police Officer Trevor Scott Phillips Tuscaloosa Police Department, AL Motorcycle accident 2011-05-24 Police Officer George M. Wong New York City Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-05-26 Police Officer Andrew Scott Garton Hawthorne Police Department, CA Motorcycle accident 2011-05-27 Patrolman David Roberts Denver Police Department, CO Gunfire 2011-05-28 Sergeant Kenneth Gary Vann Sr. Bexar County Sheriff's Office, TX Gunfire 2011-05-29 Police Officer Kevin Scott Will Houston Police Department, TX Vehicular assault 2011-05-31 Special Agent Timothy Scott Briggs United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Heart attack 2011-06-01 Trooper Ellen E. Engelhardt Massachusetts State Police, MA Vehicular assault 2011-06-03 Master Patrolman Jefferson Taylor Riverside Police Division, MO Weather/Natural disaster 2011-06-07 Deputy Sheriff Kurt Brian Wyman Oneida County Sheriff's Office, NY Gunfire 2011-06-07 Deputy Sheriff Richard Keith Bellar Dickson County Sheriff's Office, TN Gunfire 2011-06-09 Investigator Warren Basco "Sneak" Lewis, III Nash County Sheriff's Office, NC Gunfire 2011-06-09 Police Officer Martin Tom New York City Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-06-11 Police Officer Charles Edward "Chuck" Armour Detroit Police Department, MI Vehicular assault 2011-06-12 Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Alexander Chemung County Sheriff's Department, NY Automobile accident 2011-06-14 Police Officer Kevin Alexis Sandoval South Pasadena Police Department, CA Heart attack 2011-06-18 Sergeant Morton "Morty" Ford Alexandria Police Department, VA Duty related illness 2011-06-24 Trooper Adam Maynard Bowen Virginia State Police, VA Automobile accident 2011-06-26 Sergeant Darrell Cervandez Curley Navajo Division of Public Safety, TR Gunfire 2011-06-26 Police Officer Russell Anthony "Roscoe" George Ball Police Department, LA Automobile accident 2011-06-26 Deputy Sheriff Charles Allen VanMeter Brazoria County Sheriff's Office, TX Automobile accident 2011-06-26 Captain Barry Galfano New York City Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-06-29 Deputy Sheriff Kyle David Pagerly Berks County Sheriff's Department, PA Gunfire 2011-07-03 Sheriff James D. "Dee" Stewart Spalding County Sheriff's Office, GA Automobile accident 2011-07-03 Deputy Sheriff John Charles Mecklenburg Hernando County Sheriff's Office, FL Vehicle pursuit 2011-07-03 Patrolman II Timothy Felton Warren Memphis Police Department, TN Gunfire 2011-07-04 Detective Edwin Ortiz New York City Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-07-05 Patrol Officer Elieser "Eli" Colonroche Sanford Police Department, NC Training accident 2011-07-08 Police Officer Bryan Mitchell Hebert Beaumont Police Department, TX Vehicular assault 2011-07-08 Sergeant Steven Rickie Kenner Bismarck Police Department, ND Gunfire 2011-07-10 Police Officer Ryan Embert Stringer Alhambra Police Department, CA Automobile accident 2011-07-11 Police Officer Brent Daniel Long Terre Haute Police Department, IN Gunfire 2011-07-13 Detective Fermin "Sonny" Archer New York City Police Department, NY Automobile accident 2011-07-14 Deputy Sheriff Roger Dale Rice Jr. Laurens County Sheriff's Office, SC Gunfire 2011-07-15 Agent Luis E. Gomez-Crespo Puerto Rico Police Department, PR Gunfire 2011-07-20 Deputy Sheriff Richard Joseph "Rick" Daly Clayton County Sheriff's Office, GA Gunfire 2011-07-28 Deputy Sheriff Bryan Phillip Gross Converse County Sheriff's Office, WY Drowned 2011-07-30 Police Officer Daniel Ryan Ackerman Buena Park Police Department, CA Duty related illness 2011-07-30 Police Officer Russell Mark Willingham Jr. Winston-Salem Police Department, NC Automobile accident 2011-08-01 Detective Tina Emilia Rambo Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, NJ Automobile accident 2011-08-01 Trooper Frederick Freeman "Fred" Guthrie Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol, MO Drowned 2011-08-01 Deputy Sheriff David Jennings Dawson, III Greene County Sheriff's Office, NC Automobile accident 2011-08-02 Police Officer James Ryan McCandless Rapid City Police Department, SD Gunfire 2011-08-04 Probation / Parole Officer II Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Settle North Carolina Department of Correction - Division of Community Corrections, NC Automobile accident 2011-08-06 Police Officer Nicholas Keegan "Nick" Armstrong Rapid City Police Department, SD Gunfire 2011-08-07 Police Officer Jeremy Nicholas Henwood San Diego Police Department, CA Gunfire 2011-08-09 Corporal John Ray Kendall Louisiana Department of Public Safety Police, LA Automobile accident 2011-08-11 Police Officer Robert Allen Lasso Freemansburg Borough Police Department, PA Gunfire 2011-08-14 Police Officer Charles D. Cole Jr. Nassau County Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-08-16 Patrolman Evan Donald Burns Caruthersville Police Department, MO Vehicular assault 2011-08-25 Police Officer Justin David Sollohub Anniston Police Department, AL Gunfire 2011-08-27 Sergeant Mark Luis Scianna Bexar County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, TX Automobile accident 2011-08-28 Agent Emiliano R. Torres-Soto Puerto Rico Police Department, PR Gunfire 2011-08-31 Probation Officer Tiffany Danielle Bishop Georgia Department of Corrections, GA Gunfire (accidental) 2011-09-10 Corporal Kevin Lee Aigner Travis County Constable's Office - Precinct 2, TX Duty related illness 2011-09-12 Police Officer Sherman Abrams New York City Police Department, NY Heart attack 2011-09-13 Officer Eric Charles Fontes Honolulu Police Department, HI Vehicular assault 2011-09-16 Lieutenant Joseph Lawrence Szczerba New Castle County Police Department, DE Stabbed 2011-09-18 Deputy Sheriff Derrick Lee Whittle Union County Sheriff's Office, GA Automobile accident 2011-09-20 Trooper Mark Edward Toney Iowa State Patrol, IA Automobile accident 2011-09-28 Deputy Sheriff Bryan Keith Sleeper Burleigh County Sheriff's Department, ND Heart attack 2011-09-30 Sergeant Paul Berches Stuckey Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, LA Gunfire (accidental) 2011-09-30 Reserve Deputy Sheriff Timothy Evan Lowry Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office, OK Automobile accident 2011-09-30 Reserve Deputy Sheriff Michael Don Roberts Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office, OK Automobile accident 2011-10-07 Captain John Wayne Haddock Grenada Police Department, MS Vehicular assault 2011-10-12 Patrolman Derek Kotecki Lower Burrell Police Department, PA Gunfire 2011-10-13 Police Officer Trevor Parker Slot Walker Police Department, MI Vehicular assault 2011-10-16 Patrolman Joseph S. Wargo Jr. Mount Arlington Police Department, NJ Vehicular assault 2011-10-23 Deputy Sheriff James David "JD" Paugh Richmond County Sheriff's Office, GA Gunfire 2011-10-26 Investigator Richard E. Williams Atlanta Police Department, GA Gunfire 2011-10-28 Police Officer Terry Mae Lewis Flemming Albany Police Department, GA Vehicle pursuit 2011-10-29 Police Officer Bradley Ryan "Brad" Jones Glendale Police Department, AZ Gunfire 2011-10-30 Police Officer David W. Riddlesperger Fultondale Police Department, AL Heart attack 2011-11-03 Police Officer Daniel Cecil Clark San Bernardino Police Department, CA Duty related illness 2011-11-07 Detective Michael Morgan Jr. Newark Police Department, NJ Gunfire 2011-11-14 Detective Robert Shane Wilson Doraville Police Department, GA Vehicular assault 2011-11-17 Police Officer James Lowell Capoot Vallejo Police Department, CA Gunfire 2011-11-21 Agent Mariano Rodríguez-Maldonado Jr. Puerto Rico Police Department, PR Automobile accident 2011-11-29 Correctional Officer Buddy Ray Herron Oregon Department of Corrections, OR Stabbed 2011-11-30 Patrol Officer Michael Joseph Pollitz St. Louis Park Police Department, MN Duty related illness 2011-12-04 Chief of Police Jerry E. Hicks Sr. Leadwood Police Department, MO Automobile accident 2011-12-07 Police Officer Anthony Alan "Tony" Giniewicz Signal Hill Police Department, CA Gunfire 2011-12-08 Police Officer I Deriek W. Crouse Virginia Tech Police Department, VA Gunfire 2011-12-08 Deputy Sheriff Richard Lee "Rick" Rhyne Moore County Sheriff's Office, NC Gunfire 2011-12-09 Sergeant David Ernest Enzbrenner Atchison Police Department, KS Gunfire 2011-12-12 Detective Peter J. Figoski New York City Police Department, NY Gunfire 2011-12-13 Agent Isaac Joel Pizarro-Pizarro Puerto Rico Police Department, PR Gunfire 2011-12-14 Undersheriff Patrick Alan Pyette Blaine County Sheriff's Office, MT Struck by vehicle 2011-12-16 Sergeant Michael Andrew Boehm United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, U.S. Heart attack 2011-12-17 Deputy Sheriff Ronnie Eugene Smith Butts County Sheriff's Office, GA Automobile accident 2011-12-19 Police Officer John David Dryer East Washington Borough Police Department, PA Gunfire 2011-12-20 Police Officer Specialist Timothy Brian Schock Chesapeake Police Department, VA Drowned 2011-12-21 Police Officer Arnulfo Crispin Lakeland Police Department, FL Gunfire 2011-12-21 Master Public Safety Officer Edward Scott Richardson Aiken Department of Public Safety, SC Gunfire 2011-12-23 Detective Alick W. Herrmann New York City Police Department, NY 9/11 related illness 2011-12-26 Deputy Sheriff Matthew Jay Miller Seminole County Sheriff's Office, FL Motorcycle accident 2011-12-28 Trooper William Herman Dyer, III Florida Highway Patrol, FL Automobile accident 2011-12-29 Police Officer Clifton P. Lewis Chicago Police Department, IL Gunfire 2011-12-29 Special Agent Daniel Lee "Danny" Knapp United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Drowned 2011-12-30 Police Officer Shawn Steven Schneider Lake City Police Department, MN Gunfire 2011-12-31 Senior Special Agent John Francis Capano United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Gunfire (accidental)

See also

• Law enforcement in the United States

Other nations

• List of Australian Federal Police killed in the line of duty
• List of British police officers killed in the line of duty
• List of Irish police officers killed in the line of duty
• List of New Zealand police officers killed in the line of duty

Killings by law enforcement

• List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States

External links

• Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)