Alvin Duane Hallum
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Officer

Alvin Duane Hallum

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch August 21, 1975
Age 29
Tour of Duty 9 mo
Badge 3660
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Alvin Hallum was shot and killed after he and his partner stopped a vehicle used in an extortion offense near 7051 South Central Expressway. The suspect came out firing, wounding Officer Hallum's partner. Officer Hallum returned fire, emptying his weapon. As he took cover behind a car and reloaded his weapon the suspect ran up and shot him in the head. The suspect then led other officers on a chase before stopping to shoot at other officers. He was killed in return gunfire. Officer Hallum was a National Guard veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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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.
Officer Hallum served with the Dallas Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas 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 Police Department
Location Dallas, Collin County, TX
Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 21, 1975
Tour of Duty 9 mo
Age 29
Badge Number 3660
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Alvin Duane Hallum served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Alvin 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 1975, 163 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 21st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alvin was 29. 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. Alvin had served 0.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Dallas Police Department has 95 officers remembered here, Alvin among them.

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Where

Officer Alvin Duane Hallum

Dallas Police Department · End of Watch August 21, 1975

Military Service

Alvin Duane Hallum served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

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