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Sergeant

Glen Russell Hosier

Indiana State Police — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 26, 1971

Age 44

Tour of Duty 22 yrs 11 mo

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Glen Hosier was shot and killed while searching for a murder suspect near Peru in Miami County. A warrant had been issued for a suspect who had been seen arguing with a female the night before she was found shot to death. After being notified that the suspect was in a residence, Sergeant Hosier and officers from the Peru Police Department and Miami County Sheriff's Department surrounded the house and began to search it at 10:10 pm. As Sergeant Hosier came to the top of the stairs and turned a corner, he was shot in the head at close range by the suspect. The ex-convict, who had served time in prison for manslaughter, was shot by other officers during a gunbattle that ensued and was later found dead in the residence after tear gas bombs had caught the house on fire. Sergeant Hosier had served with the Indiana State Police for nearly 16 years and was assigned to the Peru post. He also had served with the Logansport Police Department as a police officer for seven years and was a US Navy veteran serving as a military policeman in the Shore Patrol during World War II. Sergeant Hosier was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters. In 2001, the Glen R. Hosier Memorial Bridge, formerly the Market Street Bridge, was dedicated in his honor in Logansport, Sergeant Hosier's hometown.

Survivors

Sergeant Hosier was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.

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Tributes

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.
Sergeant Hosier gave the Indiana State Police 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Indiana, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Indiana State Police

Type State Police

Location Indianapolis, IN

Platform Identity insp.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 26, 1971

Tour of Duty 22 yrs 11 mo

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Glen Russell Hosier served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Glen 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 1971, 168 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 18th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Glen was 44. 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. Glen had served 22.9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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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

Weapons recorded