Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Daniel Waters was shot and killed, and Sergeant Clarence Dietzel was fatally wounded in a gunfight with an ex-convict. The suspect was wanted for shooting at police the previous night when they responded to a local bar where he had caused a disturbance. Captain Waters and Sergeant Dietzel were waiting at the Bancroft Hotel for the suspect and his girlfriend, who had left her son at the hotel. When the pair drove up, they fired at the officers, and a gunfight ensued. Sergeant Dietzel was transported to Saginaw General Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds two days later. Captain Waters died at the scene. The suspects escaped. Minutes later, when police forced the couple to pull over, they found that the suspect was critically wounded. He died in the hospital a short time later. The suspect was a parolee who had been released a month earlier. It was later discovered that he and his girlfriend had murdered a man in Wayne, Michigan, a month earlier, stolen his vehicle, and had been on a robbery spree throughout the area. Captain Waters had served with the Saginaw Police Department for 13 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and son.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Waters gave the Saginaw Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saginaw community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Waters.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Daniel Waters 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 MI, 426 of 719 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.2% of this state's fallen. That is 59.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Saginaw Police Department, 6 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel Waters's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel Waters Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Waters is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Daniel Waters was killed by gun.
Incident Location
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