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Police Chief

Charlie Earl Oglesby

Twin City Police Department — Twin City, GA

Felonious

End of Watch December 20, 1968

Age 47

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Police Chief Charlie Oglesby was shot and killed as he and several other officers attempted to arrest a man who had stabbed a state trooper during a traffic stop earlier in the week. Chief Oglesby and several troopers were tracking the suspect with bloodhounds when they encountered him on a dirt road off of Georgia 192. The suspect, who was a former patient at the state mental hospital, opened fire with a shotgun killing Chief Oglesby. A prison trustee who was acting as a bloodhound handler was also shot and killed after exchanging shots with the man while tracking him after Chief Oglesby was murdered. The trustee's return fire killed the subject.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Chief Oglesby served with the Twin City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Twin City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Chief Oglesby.

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

Agency

Department Twin City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Twin City, Emanuel County, GA

Platform Identity tpd.emanuel.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 20, 1968

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Police Chief Charlie Earl Oglesby is one of 17,558 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.8 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

Twin City Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,558

of 32,585 officers

53.9% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charlie Earl Oglesby's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,558 (53.9%)

Accident

10,094 (31%)

Illness

3,037 (9.3%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

334 (1%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

How Charlie Earl Oglesby Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Charlie Earl Oglesby is highlighted in Dec.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Charlie Earl Oglesby was killed by shotgun.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909