We Honor the Memory of Cleveland Police Officers
Who Died in the Line of Duty
Our thanks to the Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society for maintaining records to honor all fallen officers.
For individual accounts of these officers’ stories click here.
John Osborne
Watchman, Cleveland City Marshal’s Office
December 1, 1853
Michael Kick
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 15, 1875
William H. Hulligan
Detective, Cleveland PD
February 8, 1887
Nicholas Sheehan
Sergeant, Cleveland PD
September 5, 1894
William L. Foulks
Lieutenant, Cleveland PD
September 29, 1900
John Shipp
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 6, 1900
Louis Weick
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 10, 1903
James Stedman
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
January 25, 1905
Walter C. Chapman
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
August 22, 1911
Herman Reimer
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
January 28, 1911
Leroy E. Bouker
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
November 28, 1912
Edward Parker
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
June 19, 1912
Albert Miller
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 3, 1913
Henry Froelich
Sergeant, Cleveland PD
September 25, 1916
Charles H. Goetz
Sergeant, Cleveland PD
May 6, 1916
Edward Meany
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
November 29, 1916
William Brown
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 29, 1917
Elmer Glaefke
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 12, 1917
Albert Ressler
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
August 6, 1918
William P. Armstrong
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 9, 1919
William Issac
Sergeant, Cleveland PD
December 1, 1919
Frank M. Moranz
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 26, 1919
Robert Shelton
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 7, 1919
Walter Preuhs
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
October 17, 1920
Albert Block
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
February 11, 1921
August Dyke
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 24, 1921
Frank J. Koran
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
November 26, 1921
Elmer Sprosty
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 21, 1921
Dennis Griffin
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 14, 1923
Samuel Kilbane
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 19, 1923
Roy Nightwine
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 11, 1924
Frank A Sugan
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
June 28, 1924
Charles J Frantz
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 14, 1925
Peter Fromm
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
February 13, 1925
Henry Richter
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
February 27, 1925
William G Borgman
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 20, 1926
John F Saxton
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
February 15, 1926
Richard White
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
August 4, 1927
Albert Flemke
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 22, 1928
Ernest L Ford
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 19, 1928
Anthony Wieczorek
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 13, 1928
Edward Butler
Detective, Cleveland PD
November 3, 1929
Carl Sherman
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 6, 1929
James Ryan
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
January 8, 1931
John F Buettner
Detective, Cleveland PD
August 9, 1932
George Effinger
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 20, 1933
Herman Pahler
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 8, 1933
Harold Beingesser
Detective, Cleveland PD
July 29, 1935
William F Burmeister
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
October 20, 1935
Martin J Carlin
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
August 3, 1935
Harry McCue
Detective, Cleveland PD
July 29, 1935
Otto Mosholder
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 10, 1936
Joseph Ternansky
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 1, 1936
Virgil T Bayne
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 18, 1937
Gerald Bode
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 18, 1937
John J Cleary
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
January 4, 1938
Raymond Griffin
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 30, 1938
Louis Mlakar
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
July 20, 1938
Robert Wehagen
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
July 8, 1938
James Goggin
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
January 13, 1939
Clarence Smith
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
June 6, 1939
Otto J Ziska
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 31, 1940
James Goodwin
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 4, 1942
Patrick Ryan
Sergeant, Cleveland PD
January 14, 1944
Forney L Haas
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 8, 1951
Eugene Stinchcomb
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 12, 1952
William Hudec
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
August 30, 1955
Warren Stainbrook
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
August 30, 1955
Joseph Haydu
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 19, 1956
Edward G Lentz,
Lieutenant, Cleveland PD
December 9, 1957
Edgar Nagie
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 26, 1958
Martin E Mrugacz
Detective, Cleveland PD
September 29, 1960
Arthur W Guenther
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 19, 1961
Chester Burmeister
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
December 23, 1964
William Greller
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 18, 1964
Frank Humr
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
October 29, 1965
Steve J Huber
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 11, 1967
Roy Buckner
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
November 11, 1968
Louis Golonka
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
July 23, 1968
Leroy Jones
Lieutenant, Cleveland PD
July 23, 1968
Willard J Wolff
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
July 23, 1968
Kenneth Houser
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 2, 1969
John Apanites
Detective, Cleveland PD
April 7, 1969
Joseph Tracz
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 28, 1970
Tom Hakaim
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 3, 1971
William A Nagy
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 14, 1971
Frederick D Vacha
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
June 20, 1973
William N Shapiro
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
April 26, 1974
Philip P Maher
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
May 29, 1975
Edward Murray
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
July 3, 1975
Jerome C Poelking
Captain Cleveland PD
December 8, 1975
John S Reese
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
September 2, 1976
John Hubbell
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
June 4, 1979
George Zicarelli
Detective, Cleveland PD
September 17, 1979
Desmond Sherry
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
July 3, 1980
Anthony J Johnson, Sr.
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
October 21, 1981
Benjamin F Grair, Jr
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
August 5, 1983
Stephen M Kovach
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
March 11, 1984
Ernest C Holbert
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
October 27, 1987
Thomas Smith
Patrolman, Cleveland PD
March 9, 1993
Edward Claybrooks, Jr
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
December 27, 1996
Hilary S Cudnik, Sr
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
December 30, 1996
Robert J Clark II
Detective, Cleveland PD
July 1, 1998
David M Smith
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
April 15, 1998
Wayne A Leon
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
June 25, 2000
Jonathan J Schroeder
Detective, Cleveland PD
August 31, 2006
Derek W Owens
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
March 1, 2008
Marcia Figueroa
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
November 4, 2012
David J. Fahey Jr.
Patrol Officer, Cleveland PD
January 24, 2017
