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Police Officer

Freddie Lee Jackson

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 6, 1986

Age 42

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Badge 1837

The Vigil Panel 131 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 249

Incident

Officer Freddie Jackson was shot and killed while working a plainclothes detail in an area around the 15000 block of Idaho that had been experiencing a high level of automobile burglaries. He and his partner had observed three men tampering with a car. As they approached the men they all fled the scene. The two officers began examining the car for damage when a man, the son of a local business owner, stepped out of a building with a shotgun and opened fire, striking Officer Jackson in the chest. The man was the vehicle's owner and thought the two officers were breaking into it. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Officer Jackson's murder. Officer Jackson had served with the Detroit Police Department for 14 years and had previously served with the United States Army.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Police Officer Jackson gave the Detroit Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Detroit Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 6, 1986

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 42

Badge Number 1837

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Military Service

Freddie Lee Jackson served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Freddie Lee Jackson 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 MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 59.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Detroit Police Department, 177 of 250 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.8% of this agency's fallen.

Detroit Police Department

177

of 250 officers

70.8% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious