Frederick F. Tierney
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Patrolman

Frederick F. Tierney

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Felonious
End of Watch October 20, 1919
Age 22
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Tierney was shot and killed after arriving on the scene of a robbery in progress. Patrolman Tierney was chasing one suspect when he was shot and killed. Four suspects were involved. Three escaped and one was shot, wounded, and apprehended. The captured suspect, age 36, was convicted of Patrolman Tierney's murder and sentenced to life. He died in prison on January 14, 1927, from tuberculosis. Patrolman Tierney had been with the agency for two years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Tierney gave the Kansas City Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Tierney.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 20, 1919
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 22
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frederick is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1919, 212 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 7th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frederick was 22. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Frederick had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

October holds 7.8% 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 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Frederick F. Tierney

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch October 20, 1919

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-W

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