Freddie Lee Jackson
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Police Officer

Freddie Lee Jackson

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch October 6, 1986
Age 42
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Badge 1837
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Freddie Jackson was shot and killed while working a plainclothes detail in an area around the 15000 block of Idaho that had been experiencing a high level of automobile burglaries. He and his partner had observed three men tampering with a car. As they approached the men they all fled the scene. The two officers began examining the car for damage when a man, the son of a local business owner, stepped out of a building with a shotgun and opened fire, striking Officer Jackson in the chest. The man was the vehicle's owner and thought the two officers were breaking into it. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Officer Jackson's murder. Officer Jackson had served with the Detroit Police Department for 14 years and had previously served with the United States Army.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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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 Jackson gave the Detroit Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit 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 Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 6, 1986
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 42
Badge Number 1837
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

Military Service

Freddie Lee Jackson served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Freddie 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 1986, 98 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 54th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Freddie was 42. 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. Freddie had served 14 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%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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By day of the week
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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 shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Freddie among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Freddie Lee Jackson

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch October 6, 1986

Military Service

Freddie Lee Jackson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-E

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