Claude Mitchell Earle

Monroe Police Dept. — Monroe, LA

Felonious

End of Watch November 9, 1920

Age 25

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Officer C.M. Earle was shot and killed as he and another officer attempted to question a suspicious person on DeSiard Street, between 7th Street and 8th Street. The officers were on foot patrol near the business district when they observed a man run into a shed behind a bank. They approached the shed with their flashlights and asked what the man was doing, but were met with gunfire. Both officers returned fire but did not strike the suspect because he was concealed behind a crate. The suspect shot at both officers again, striking Officer Earle in the side, before fleeing from the scene. Officer Earle succumbed to his wound later that night. The suspect was never identified. Officer Earle had served with the Monroe Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and child.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Earle gave the Monroe Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Monroe community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Earle.

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

Agency

Department Monroe Police Dept.

Location Monroe, LA

Platform Identity mpd.ouachita.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 9, 1920

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender Never identified

Officer Claude Mitchell Earle 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 LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Monroe Police Dept., 3 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Monroe Police Dept.

of 7 officers

42.9% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious