OFFICER PAUL THOMAS RUTHERFORD EOW : MARCH 21 , 2019 |
DETECTIVE JOHN THOMAS HOBBS EOW : MARCH 3 , 2014 |
OFFICER MARC TODD ATKINSON EOW : MARCH 26 . 1999 |
OFFICER ROBERT T FIKE EOW : JANUARY 8 , 1986 |
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Police Officer Paul Rutherford was struck and killed by a vehicle near the intersection of 75th Avenue and Indian School Road at 8:30 am . He was at the scene of an earlier accident when a call involving an armed subject was dispatched across the street . He was attempting to cross the street to respond to the call when he was struck by a vehicle . Officer Rutherford was a U . S . Air Force veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 23 years . |
Detective John Hobbs was shot and killed as he and others attempted to serve a felony warrant . The subject opened fire on the detectives , striking Detective Hobbs and a second detective . Despite being mortally wounded , Detective Hobbs was able to return fire and fatally shot the subject . Detective Hobbs had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 21 years . |
Police Officer Marc Atkinson was shot after being ambushed by suspected drug traffickers . Officer Atkinson was driving a marked patrol car while following the suspects , who turned a corner , stopped their vehicle , and waited for him . As he turned the corner , the three suspects opened fire , striking him twice in the head , killing him . Officer Atkinson was a United States Marine Corps veteran who served as an officer for five years . |
Officer Robert Fike was shot and killed by a suspect while standing next to his patrol car at 1111 East Indian School Road . The suspect had just committed an armed robbery . Two citizens found him after the shooting and used his radio to call for help . Officer Fike was a former Officer of the Year and had been employed with the Phoenix Police Department for ten years . |
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OFFICER KENNETH E CAMPBELL EOW : JANUARY 29 , 1984 |
POLICE GUARD JOHN FRANKLIN MACINNIS EOW : FEBRUARY 22 , 1976 |
OFFICER WALTER H STEWART EOW : FEBRUARY 19 , 1952 |
OFFICER HAZE BURCH EOW : FEBRUARY 5 , 1925 |
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Officer Campbell was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a speeding motorcycle . During the pursuit , his patrol car collided with a sports car driven by a newlywed couple , who were unharmed . The motorcyclist , one of several being pursued , was never caught . Officer Campbell had been with the agency for three years . |
Police Guard MacInnis died of a heart attack while in foot pursuit of a suspect at the Sky Harbor International Airport . A passerby stopped to assist him . He was driven to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival . Police Guard MacInnis had been with the agency for nine years . |
Officer Walter Stewart was killed when he was thrown from his police motorcycle at Washington Street and 20th Street . He lost control of his motorcycle when he swerved to avoid the driver of a pickup truck who pulled out in front of him . He served as an officer for 6 years and was a military veteran . |
Police Officer Haze Burch was shot and killed when he attempted to stop two men from siphoning gasoline from a car at the intersection of 8th Street and Jefferson Street . Officer Burch was the first PPD officer killed in the line of duty . |