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Sergeant

Ira A. Warren

Oregon State Police — Salem, OR

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 7, 1938

Age 41

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Warren was shot when he and a Portland City detective went to a hotel in downtown Portland searching for an ex-con they wanted to question regarding a burglary. When they found the suspect and attempted to take him into custody two of his friends burst into the room. All three were taken into custody and Sergeant Warren was holding them while the Portland Detective left to phone for a paddy wagon. One of the three had a hidden gun and shot Sergeant Warren in the neck. Sergeant Warren died five months later of a meningitis infection directly linked to the gunshot wound. The suspect, 30, was convicted of several armed robberies before Sergeant Warren died. He was sentenced to life for the robberies and paroled in 1955. He was never charged with Sergeant Warren's murder. On May 17, 1963, he beat and stabbed to death his 8-year-old step-daughter in Cupertino, California, and was sentenced to death. The California Supreme Court ordered a new trial which ended with a hung jury. A third ordered trial was voided after it's conclusion due to an incorrect decision the judge made. On March 13, 1970, a fourth trial was ordered. His death sentence was upheld. In 1972 his death sentence was commuted to life, with the possibility of parole, when the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional. He died in 1984. Sergeant Warren had been with the agency for seven years. He was a World War Veteran.

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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.
Sergeant Warren gave the Oregon State Police 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon, 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 Oregon State Police

Type State Police

Location Salem, Marion County, OR

Platform Identity osp.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 1938

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Ira A. Warren served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Ira 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 1938, 111 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 45th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Ira was 41. 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. Ira had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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