Carroll D. "Beau" Garrison

Prince George's County Police Dept. — Hyattsville, MD

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch February 20, 1973

Age 31

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

Private Beau Garrison was shot and killed by a homeowner who mistook him for a burglar while investigating a burglary at 10:00 pm. A neighbor had called the police to report a burglary at their home in the 6500 block of Medwick Drive in Chillum. The home had been burglarized the previous week, and the homeowner grabbed a shotgun when he heard Private Garrison outside. The man, 31, fired a shot through the back door, striking Private Garrison. The homeowner was then involved in a 30-minute shootout with responding police units before being taken into custody. He was convicted of second-degree murder, but the charge was thrown out the following year on appeal and was remanded to the lower court. He said he thought all the officers were burglars. He only served 4 months of a 10-year sentence. Private Garrison was a United States Navy Vietnam veteran and had served with the Prince George's County Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and stepdaughter.

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Tributes

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.
Private Garrison gave the Prince George's County Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Palmer Park 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

Department Prince George's County Police Dept.

Location Hyattsville, MD

Platform Identity pgcpd.pg.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 20, 1973

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Served 4 months

Military Service

Carroll D. "Beau" Garrison served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Private Carroll D. "Beau" Garrison is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MD, 195 of 377 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Prince George's County Police Dept., 19 of 30 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.3% of this agency's fallen.

Prince George's County Police Dept.

of 30 officers

63.3% Felonious

MD — Statewide

195

of 377 officers

51.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious