Cliff Hines
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Officer

Cliff Hines

Jackson Police Department — Jackson, MS
Felonious
End of Watch January 14, 1893
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Hines and Officer Walker Guice were shot and killed while attempting to arrests two tramps.

Officer Guice and Officer Hines were attempting to arrest two tramps who were trespassing in an abandoned building, when the suspects opened fire, killing Officer Hines and wounding Officer Guice. Before he died, Officer Guice was able to return fire, striking one of the suspects.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Hines served with the Jackson Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Jackson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Jackson, Hinds County, MS
Platform Identity jpd.hinds.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 14, 1893
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Officer Cliff Hines 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 97,772 officers honored here.

In MS, 243 of 350 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.4% of this state's fallen. That is 69.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Jackson Police Department, 14 of 19 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 73.7% of this agency's fallen.

Jackson Police Department
14
of 19 officers
73.7% Felonious
MS — Statewide
243
of 350 officers
69.4% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Cliff Hines's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Cliff Hines Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Cliff Hines is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909