Glen Russell Hosier

Indiana State Police — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 26, 1971

Age 44

Tour of Duty 22 yrs 11 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 45

Incident

Sergeant Glen Hosier was shot and killed while searching for a murder suspect near Peru in Miami County. A warrant had been issued for a suspect who had been seen arguing with a female the night before she was found shot to death. After being notified that the suspect was in a residence, Sergeant Hosier and officers from the Peru Police Department and Miami County Sheriff's Department surrounded the house and began to search it at 10:10 pm. As Sergeant Hosier came to the top of the stairs and turned a corner, he was shot in the head at close range by the suspect. The ex-convict, who had served time in prison for manslaughter, was shot by other officers during a gunbattle that ensued and was later found dead in the residence after tear gas bombs had caught the house on fire. Sergeant Hosier had served with the Indiana State Police for nearly 16 years and was assigned to the Peru post. He also had served with the Logansport Police Department as a police officer for seven years and was a US Navy veteran serving as a military policeman in the Shore Patrol during World War II. Sergeant Hosier was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters. In 2001, the Glen R. Hosier Memorial Bridge, formerly the Market Street Bridge, was dedicated in his honor in Logansport, Sergeant Hosier's hometown.

Survivors

Sergeant Hosier was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Sergeant Hosier gave the Indiana State Police 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Indiana, 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 Indiana State Police

Type State Police

Location Indianapolis, IN

Platform Identity insp.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 26, 1971

Tour of Duty 22 yrs 11 mo

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Glen Russell Hosier served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Glen Russell Hosier 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 IN, 311 of 504 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.7% of this state's fallen. That is 61.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Indiana State Police, 21 of 46 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 45.7% of this agency's fallen.

Indiana State Police

of 46 officers

45.7% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 504 officers

61.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious