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Sergeant

Claude Wayne Standridge

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 4, 1998

Age 69

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Badge 1069

The Vigil Panel 144 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 94

Incident

Sergeant Wayne Standridge succumbed to gunshot wounds he received during a traffic stop on Ivan and North Harwood Streets in Dallas on March 29, 1972.

The subject had escaped a federal prison in Missouri. While driving a stolen vehicle in Dallas, the escapee hit a car and truck but kept driving. When the car stopped, Sergeant Standridge and his partner went to the vehicle to investigate. As soon as they approached the escapee, he fired at the officers, striking Sergeant Standridge three times. The escapee and the other officer exchanged fire, but neither were hit. The escapee fled the scene and carjacked another vehicle a few blocks away. The bystander was able to escape when they stopped for gas. The escapee was apprehended in Oklahoma.

Sergeant Standridge was shot in the face, stomach, and arm. One of the bullets entered his spine, breaking his back. He was in critical condition for months. For years, he underwent multiple surgeries to repair damage from the gunshot wounds. During one of the surgeries, he succumbed to complications from his gunshot wounds on March 4, 1998.

The escapee was sentenced to 1,200 years in prison. He was also sentenced to serve 60 years for federal bank robbery charges. He died in prison in 2004.

Sergeant Sandridge was a United States Army Air Force WWII veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for 18 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter, son, two granddaughters, and a grandson.

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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.
Sergeant Standridge gave the Dallas Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Dallas Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Dallas, TX

Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 4, 1998

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 69

Badge Number 1069

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Military Service

Claude Wayne Standridge served in the U.S. Army (1946â1949) before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Claude Wayne Standridge is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,460 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Dallas Police Department, 55 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.9% of this agency's fallen.

Dallas Police Department

of 95 officers

57.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,460

of 2,421 officers

60.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious