Frederick Peter Dukes

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch December 25, 1990

Age 45

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 1241

The Vigil Panel 136 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 377

Incident

Officer Freddie Dukes was shot and killed when he intervened in a robbery while off duty. Officer Dukes confronted one of the suspects in the establishment but was shot by a second suspect with a shotgun. The suspect committed suicide as members of the department's SWAT team attempted to arrest him at a home where he had taken two hostages. Officer Dukes was a U.S Army veteran and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for five years. He was assigned to the Highway Patrol Division.

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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 Dukes gave the Philadelphia Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Police Department

Location Philadelphia, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 25, 1990

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 45

Badge Number 1241

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Committed suicide

Military Service

Frederick Peter Dukes served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Frederick Peter Dukes is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.9 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 162 of 378 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

162

of 378 officers

42.9% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious