Clarence J. Hans
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Police Officer

Clarence J. Hans

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch October 28, 1928
Age 27
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 101
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Hans was shot and killed after responding to the scene of a domestic disturbance. A man had been locked out of his home by his family and began shooting a shotgun into the home. When Officer Hans arrived he exchanged shots with the suspect but was fatally wounded. The man was apprehended by neighbors after firing all of his ammunition. The suspect was later committed to a hospital for the criminally insane in Ionia, Michigan. Officer Hans had been with the agency for five years. He was a professional swimmer who competed in national tournaments throughout the United States and Canada.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Hans gave the Detroit Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hans.

— 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 28, 1928
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 27
Badge Number 101
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Clarence 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 1928, 201 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 13th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Clarence was 27. 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. Clarence had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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.

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His people

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

Across the years

Police Officer Clarence J. Hans

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch October 28, 1928

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 2-W

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