Kenneth L. Collings
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Police Officer

Kenneth L. Collings

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch May 27, 1988
Age 32
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Badge 3855
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Kenneth Collings was shot and killed while working a uniformed off-duty security job at a local bank at W. McDowell Road and 21rst Avenue. He was in the process of arresting two robbery suspects at a Valley National Bank branch when one of the suspects opened fire, fatally wounding him. One of the men was arrested shortly thereafter. The second suspect was arrested in Mexico in June 2000 after being wounded in a shootout with police. The man was extradited to Arizona after state prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. In November 2002 he was sentenced to life in prison. Officer Collings was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and four sisters.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Collings gave the Phoenix Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Other
Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 27, 1988
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 32
Badge Number 3855
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

Military Service

Kenneth L. Collings served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Kenneth is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1988, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kenneth was 32. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Kenneth had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Phoenix Police Department has 47 officers remembered here, Kenneth among them.

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Where

Police Officer Kenneth L. Collings

Phoenix Police Department · End of Watch May 27, 1988

Military Service

Kenneth L. Collings served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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