Roll Call of Heroes
It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is how they lived.
Below are the names of 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 never grows.
(Rank/Name - Agency - End of Watch Date)
Never forget their sacrifice. May we honor their memories by ensuring this list never grows.
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 . 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