Francis Leo Haley
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Private

Francis Leo Haley

Pennsylvania State Police — Harrisburg, PA
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch October 14, 1924
Age 25
Tour of Duty 5 mo
Badge 2551
Gender Male

Incident

Private Francis Haley was shot and killed while he attempted to arrest a man wanted for bank robbery. The suspect was convicted of murder and executed on November 30, 1924. Private Haley was a U.S Army veteran of WWI and had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for five months.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother.

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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.
Private Haley served with the Pennsylvania State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania, 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 State Police
Location Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
Platform Identity pasp.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 14, 1924
Tour of Duty 5 mo
Age 25
Badge Number 2551
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

Military Service

Francis Leo Haley served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Francis 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 1924, 225 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 4th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Francis was 25. 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. Francis had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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.

Every cause
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His people

Pennsylvania State Police has 87 officers remembered here, Francis among them.

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Where

Private Francis Leo Haley

Pennsylvania State Police · End of Watch October 14, 1924

Military Service

Francis Leo Haley served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W

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