Connecticut
Law Enforcement Officers
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Fallen Heroes
It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived
Name Department End of Watch
Guard Ezra Hoskins Connecticut Department of Correction 5/1/1833
Night Watchman Thomas Cummins New Haven Police Department 11/24/1855
Warden Daniel Webster Connecticut Department of Correction 3/27/1862
Warden William Willard Connecticut Department of Correction 8/14/1870
Watchman Willis Shipman Connecticut Department of Correction 9/1/1877
Chief Daniel J Hayes Ansonia Police Department 12/27/1880
Chief Constable Louis Drucker New Canaan Police Department 1/25/1888
Patrolman Florence B Sullivan Danbury Police Department 9/8/1896
Patrolman Patrick McGovern New Haven Police Department 7/2/1901
Patrolman Hugh McKeon New Haven Police Department 7/31/1901
Officer Paul Mendelssohn Waterbury Police Department 3/8/1903
Policeman Ellsworth Deitz Bridgeport Police Department 3/8/1910
Patrolman Patrick B Driscoll Jewett City Police Department 2/16/1913
Officer Daniel J Lane Waterbury Police Department 8/7/1913
Detective Bennett W Dorman New Haven Police Department 11/1/1915
Chief Robert Kappenburg East Hartford Police Department 1/1/1916
Patrolman Joseph T Robbins New Haven Police Department 6/25/1916
Patrolman John E Durkin New Haven Police Department 11/2/1918
Constable William F Madden Manchester Police Department 1/30/1919
Patrolman Patrick F Cannon New Haven Police Department 3/5/1919
Patrolman Patrick J Shea New Haven Police Department 10/19/1919
Officer Thomas M Knevet Hartford Police Department 11/28/1919
Inspector John F Donahue Waterbury Police Department 8/2/1920
Trooper Pearle E Roberts Connecticut State Police 11/25/1922
Sergeant John H Kane Norwich Police Department 4/6/1923
Patrolman Lawrence Murphy New Haven Police Department 7/23/1924
Officer James Skelly New Britain Police Department 10/12/1924
Officer William J Stokes Waterbury Police Department 5/2/1925
Trooper Bartholomew M Skelly Connecticut State Police 11/14/1925
Patrolman James Alexander New Haven Police Department 10/18/1927
Patrolman William E Bowman Darien Police Department 11/18/1927
Trooper Irving H Nelson Connecticut State Police 4/6/1928
Trooper Lloyd J Eukers Connecticut State Police 7/21/1928
Officer William J Robbins Greenwich Police Department 5/17/1929
Trooper Stanley C Hellberg Connecticut State Police 6/1/1929
Officer Raymond Zoller West Haven Police Department 12/28/1929
Patrol Officer James McNamee Bristol Police Department 1/16/1930
Sergeant Frank Stratton Norwalk Police Department 10/14/1930
Officer Matthew J McNally Waterbury Police Department 11/20/1930
Officer George Zint Stratford Police Department 7/10/1932
Officer Jack Palmer Ridgefield Police Department 7/31/1932
Trooper Leonard Watson Connecticut State Police 10/22/1932
Detective Joseph P Sullivan New Haven Police Department 10/23/1932
Constable Edward F Ryan Watertown Police Department 1/27/1933
Sergeant Michael J Carroll Norwich Police Department 12/11/1934
Patrolman Walter Koella New Haven Police Department 3/16/1935
Constable John B DeCarli Ellington Police Department 9/1/1935
Sergeant Thomas P Kearney Bridgeport Police Department 9/29/1935
Patrolman Wilford Walker Bridgeport Police Department 9/29/1935
Officer Frank A Gwiazdowski Norwich Police Department 10/11/1936
Officer Timothy Foley Southington Police Department 1/4/1938
Patrolman Edward H Wendland New Haven Police Department 5/21/1938
Officer Andrew Louis Schlechtweg Stamford Police Department 5/26/1938
Officer George D Kelly Stamford Police Department 7/8/1938
Patrolman Daniel T O'Connell New Haven Police Department 8/15/1938
Officer John E Palmatier Waterbury Police Department 7/20/1941
Sergeant Charles F Hill Connecticut State Police 11/6/1941
Patrolman Milton Hodder Hamden Police Department 4/22/1943
Trooper Edward P Jesmonth Connecticut State Police 7/20/1943
Officer Joseph P McCormack Greenwich Police Department 2/10/1944
Supernumerary Ernest W Schilke Bristol Police Department 5/17/1944
Lieutenant Kenneth W Stevens Connecticut State Police 6/6/1944
Guard Herbert Orlando Parsell Connecticut Department of Correction 3/9/1945
Officer William F Schreiber Stratford Police Department 7/31/1946
Lieutenant Frank A Starkel Connecticut State Police 7/19/1948
Patrol Officer James W Burns Bristol Police Department 5/21/1949
Officer Anthony F Barbieri Torrington Police Department 2/20/1950
Patrolman Leroy Dunn Bridgeport Police Department 8/13/1950
Sergeant William Grabeck New Britain Police Department 11/5/1951
Trooper Ernest J Morse Connecticut State Police 2/13/1953
Detective Ralph Palma New Haven Police Department 6/13/1954
Patrolman Joseph Pych Enfield Police Department 12/25/1954
Patrol Officer Charles Yodkins Sr Farmington Police Department 8/19/1955
Officer Robert J Keating Danbury Police Department 10/16/1955
Officer Frank D Romano Waterbury Police Department 11/22/1958
Detective Captain Stephen Edward Wilson West Haven Police Department 12/9/1959
Officer David D Troy Stamford Police Department 7/7/1960
Trooper James W Lambert Connecticut State Police 10/29/1960
Officer Leonard J Lamanna Waterbury Police Department 11/8/1961
Officer Sherrold H Gordon Norwalk Police Department 6/20/1962
Trooper Joseph M Stoba Jr Connecticut State Police 8/6/1962
Patrolman Kenneth Couch New Milford Police Department 4/10/1963
Patrolman Henry W Jennings Hartford Police Department 5/25/1964
Patrolman Frank Donarumo Hamden Police Department 7/27/1964
Auxiliary Officer Aldo J Santini Westport Police Department 8/1/1964
Officer William F Rich Shelton Police Department 12/27/1964
Officer James Cavanaugh Fairfield Police Department 4/11/1966
Officer Farris J Resha Winsted Police Department 11/2/1966
Officer Harvey R Young Hartford Police Department 8/25/1967
Patrolman Louis P Rienzo New Haven Police Department 10/13/1967
Lieutenant Paul J Beaupre Bloomfield Police Department 12/19/1967
Officer Joseph O'Brien Windsor Locks Police Department 12/24/1968
Officer Francis X Fenton Hartford Police Department 3/28/1969
Patrolman Arthur Salthouse Bridgeport Police Department 10/13/1969
Patrolman Frank T Hawley New Haven Police Department 1/31/1970
Sergeant Nicholas W Fera Norwalk Police Department 7/9/1971
Offcier William McNamara Stamford Police Department 12/18/1973
Constable Llyod M Kozenieski Woodbury Police Department 5/7/1974
Officer John J Montabana Trumbull Police Department 11/2/1974
Trooper Carl P Moller Connecticut State Police 2/13/1976
Officer Steven D Michalko Danbury Police Department 11/11/1976
Officer John F Daly Hartford Police Department 7/29/1977
Officer Robert Michael Holcomb Plainville Police Department 11/21/1977
Lieutenant Norman Allard New Britain Police Department 8/16/1978
Detective Edward T Cody Hartford Police Department 4/16/1979
Officer Timothy W Laffin, Sr North Haven Police Department 5/29/1980
Patrolman Gerald T DiJoseph Bridgeport Police Department 11/28/1980
Constable Thomas Jean Jahelka East Haddam Police Department 4/17/1981
Patrolman Kenneth E Bateman Jr Darien Police Department 5/31/1981
Lieutenant William S Gordon Norwich Police Department 7/7/1981
Officer Robert F Stankye Orange Police Department 9/3/1981
Officer Marco T Carias Norwalk Police Department 3/20/1982
Lieutenant Thomas F Carney Connecticut State Police 12/6/1982
Patrolman Jeffery G Casner Berlin Police Department 2/2/1985
Trooper James H Savage Connecticut State Police 1/22/1986
Officer Daniel Scott Wasson Milford Police Department 4/12/1987
Trooper Jorge A Agosto Connecticut State Police 11/22/1989
Officer Nancy Ellen Nichols Naugatuck Police Department 3/17/1991
Trooper Russell A Bagshaw Connecticut State Police 6/5/1991
Officer James Anthony Martin New Canaan Police Department 7/24/1991
Auxiliary Deputy Trooper Edward W Truelove Connecticut State Police 11/13/1992
Officer Walter T Williams III Waterbury Police Department 12/18/1992
Officer William J Snyder Groton City Police Department 1/16/1994
Auxiliary Officer Phillip A Mingione CT Department of Public Safety 5/25/1994
Patrol Officer Vincent R.T. Arduini Granby Police Department 5/4/1997
Officer Bruce Hanley Waterbury Police Department 12/13/1997
Conservation Officer James V Spignesi CT Dept of Environmental Protection 11/20/1998
Patrolman Brian A Aselton East Hartford Police Department 1/23/1999
Sergeant George Ross Dingwall Middletown Police Department 1/28/2000
Officer Joseph N Sachatello III Montville Police Department 1/23/2003
Master Police Officer Peter J Lavery Newington Police Department 12/30/2004
Officer Daniel Patrick Picagli New Haven Police Department 10/21/2006
Sergeant Dario Scott Aponte New Haven Police Department 9/10/2008
Sergeant Orville Smith Shelton Police Department 7/7/2010
Trooper First Class Kenneth Hall Connecticut State Police 9/2/2010