Frank E. Walls
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Police Officer

Frank E. Walls

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch October 17, 1988
Age 39
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Badge 1494
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Frank Walls was shot and killed as he led a special operations team into the apartment of a mentally disturbed man who had just shot and killed Lieutenant James Schmit. Following a six-hour siege, the entry team secured the lower level of the apartment at 4130 Springle Avenue at 2:14 p.m. As Officer Walls moved to the stairs, he was shot and killed. The suspect was shot and killed by other SRT members after he shot Officer Walls. Officer Walls was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served with the Detroit Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents, sister, and two brothers.

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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 Walls gave the Detroit Police Department 13 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 17, 1988
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 1494
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

Military Service

Frank E. Walls served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frank 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

Frank was 39. 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. Frank had served 13 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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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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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

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His people

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

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Where

Police Officer Frank E. Walls

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch October 17, 1988

Military Service

Frank E. Walls 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 22-W

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