Portland Fire Helps to Honor Portland Police Officers Lost in the Line of Duty
May 16, 2012 at 10:03 AM 0 Comments
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May 16, 2012 -- Yesterday afternoon, Portland Police Chief Michael Reese joined members of the Portland Police Bureau, other local police, fire, and public safety agencies, and the community in a ceremony honoring Portland Police Officers who have died in the line of duty.
Held at the Police Memorial located in Waterfront Park near the south end of the Hawthorne Bridge, the annual ceremony honored 29 fallen police officers. Over the next year, three of the officers on the list will have their names added to the Police Bureau's memorial wall at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Read more about the fallen police officers here.
Below is a complete list of the fallen Portland officers honored during the memorial:
Thomas G. O’Connor - August 29, 1867 - Gunshot
Charles F. Schoppe - June 13, 1874 - Gunshot
Samuel S. Young - September 23, 1908 - Gunshot
Albert W. Moe - January 9, 1914 - Gunshot
James R. White - November 17, 1914 - Directing traffic
Ralph H. Stahl - January 27, 1915 - Gunshot
James C. Gill - November 30, 1915 - Gunshot
John J. McCarthy - July 21, 1916 - Vehicle accident
Glenn Litzenberg - April 19, 1918 - Motorcycle accident
Jerome Palmer - November 17, 1920 - Gunshot
James Wright - 1921 - Pneumonia
Robert E. Drake - October 11, 1930 - Fall from building
Charles M. White - June 30, 1934 - Struggle during arrest
Phillip R. Johnson - May 9, 1941 - Gunshot
Charles E. Vincent - March 22, 1942 - Directing traffic
James A. Hines - November 4, 1945 - Directing traffic
Gilbert Horton - December 23, 1946 - Heart attack
Roy E. Mizner - February 18, 1956 - Vehicle accident
Vernon J. Stroeder - February 18, 1956 - Vehicle accident
Roger L. Davies - April 18, 1961 - Motorcycle accident
Robert P. Murray - May 2, 1962 - Motorcycle accident
Robert R. Ferron, Jr. - May 23, 1964 - Vehicle accident
Stephen M. Owens - September 23, 1973 - Vehicle accident
Dennis A. Darden - August 9, 1974 - Gunshot
David W. Crowther - December 27, 1979 - Gunshot
Stanley D. Pounds - July 18, 1984 - Vehicle accident
Thomas L. Jefferies - July 21, 1997 - Gunshot
Colleen A. Waibel - January 27, 1998 - Gunshot
Kirk R. Huffstetler - May 26, 2002 - Vehicle accident
To conclude the ceremony, Portland Fire & Rescue's Fireboat David Campbell delivered a red, white, and blue aerial water display.
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