Roll Call of Heroes

It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.

Connecticut's fallen law enforcement heroes
 (Rank/Name - Agency - End of Watch Date)

Never forget their sacrifice. May we honor their memories by ensuring this list ceases to grow.

Night Watchman Thomas Cummins - New Haven Police Department - 11/24/1855  .  Chief Daniel J Hayes - Ansonia Police Department - 12/27/1880  .  Chief Constable Louis Drucker - New Canaan Police Department - 1/25/1888  .  Patrolman Charles Hooper - New Haven Police Department - 11/4/1892  .  ​Deputy Sheriff Francis Melville Pike - Fairfield County Sheriff's Office - 5/13/1894  .  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  .  Det. 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 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  .  Sgt. 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  .  Constable George Walter Mills - Westport Police Department - 11/26/1924  .  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  .  Sgt. 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  .  Det. Joseph P Sullivan - New Haven Police Department - 10/23/1932  .  Constable Edward F Ryan - Watertown Police Department - 1/27/1933  .  Sgt. Michael J Carroll - Norwich Police Department - 12/11/1934  .  Patrolman Walter Koella - New Haven Police Department - 3/16/1935  .  Constable John DeCarli - Ellington Police Department - 9/1/1935  .  Sgt. Thomas P Kearney - Bridgeport Police Department - 9/29/1935  .  Patrolman Wilford Walker - Bridgeport Police Department - 9/29/1935  .  Constable William Francis Frawley - Westport Police Department - 5/21/1936  .  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 Kelley - 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  .  Sgt. 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  .  Lt. Kenneth W Stevens - Connecticut State Police - 6/6/1944  .  Officer William F Schreiber - Stratford Police Department - 7/31/1946  .  Lt. 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  .  Sgt. William Grabeck - New Britain Police Department - 11/5/1951  .  Trooper Ernest J Morse - Connecticut State Police - 2/13/1953  .  Det. 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  .  Special Agent Richard Horan - Federal Bureau of Investigation - 4/18/1957  .  Officer Frank D Romano - Waterbury Police Department - 11/22/1958  .  Det Capt 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 Gorton - 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  .  Aux 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  .  Lt. 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  .  Sgt. 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 Daley - Hartford Police Department - 7/29/1977  .  Officer Robert Michael Holcomb - Plainville Police Department - 11/21/1977  .  Lt. Norman Allard - New Britain Police Department - 8/16/1978  .  Det. 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  .  Lt. 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  .  Lt. 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  .  Aux Dep 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  .  Aux Officer Phillip A Mingione - CT Department of Public Safety - 5/25/1994  .  Patrolman Thomas Toohey - Hartford Police Department - 5/15/1996  .  Patrol Officer Vincent RT 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  .  Sgt. 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  .  Officer Robert Vincent Fumiatti - New Haven Police Department - 1/10/2007  .  Officer Marcia Lynn Stella - Stamford Police Department - 2/3/2008  .  Sgt. Dario Scott Aponte - New Haven Police Department - 9/10/2008  .  Sgt. Orville Smith Jr.  - Shelton Police Department - 7/7/2010  .  TFC Kenneth Hall - Connecticut State Police - 9/2/2010  .  Det. Andrew Faggio - New Haven Police Department - 1/11/2012  . Officer Stephen Ketchum - Newtown Police Department - 3/15/16  .  TFC Kevin Miller - Connecticut State Police - 3/29/2018  .  TFC Walter Greene - Connecticut State Police - 5/31/2018  . Sgt. Matthew Mainieri - South Windsor Police Department - 9/2/2018  .  TFC Eugene K. Baron, Jr. - Connecticut State Police - 5/25/2020  .  Sgt. Brian Mohl - Connecticut State Police - 9/2/2021  . Lt. Josip Peperni - Norwich Police Department - 11/16/2021  .  Officer Diane Gonzalez - New Haven Police Department - 1/10/2022  .  Officer Alex Hamzy - Bristol Police Department - 10/12/2022  .  Sgt. Dustin DeMonte - Bristol Police Department - 10/12/2022  . Officer Robert Garten - Hartford Police Department - 9/6/2023  .  TFC Aaron Pelletier - Connecticut State Police - 5/30/2024