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Trooper

Ferdinand Frederick Pribbenow

Kansas Highway Patrol — Topeka, KS

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 11, 1981

Age 47

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Badge 211

The Vigil Panel 124 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 10

Incident

Trooper Ferdinand Pribbenow was shot and killed during a traffic stop of a speeder near El Dorado, Kansas. The suspect, 23, shot him before he had a chance to react. The suspect fled and was later spotted at the tollgate at the Kellogg exit in East Wichita and a pursuit ensued. About a mile into the chase, the suspect rammed the back of a van that was stopping at a light at Kellogg and Rock Road near the Towne East Shopping Mall. Officers ordered the suspect to exit his car and he responded with gunfire. Officers returned fire, striking the suspect several times before he was taken into custody. He was convicted of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and first degree murder and sentenced to life. He was paroled on November 7, 2022. Trooper Pribbenow had served with the Kansas Highway Patrol with the agency for 22 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and five daughters.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

22 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Pribbenow gave the Kansas Highway Patrol 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Pribbenow.

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

Agency

Department Kansas Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Topeka, KS

Platform Identity khp.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 11, 1981

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 47

Badge Number 211

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Ferdinand Frederick Pribbenow served in the U.S. Navy (1954â1958) before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Ferdinand Frederick Pribbenow 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 KS, 237 of 335 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 70.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Kansas Highway Patrol, 5 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Kansas Highway Patrol

of 11 officers

45.5% Felonious

KS — Statewide

237

of 335 officers

70.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious