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Police Officer

Harold Lee Hammons

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 22, 1992

Age 29

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 5970

The Vigil Panel 137 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 94

Incident

Police Officer Harold Hammons was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer while serving a search warrant at an apartment complex in the 8500 block of Park Lane. Two officers had cleared the main room and detained several armed subjects as Officer Hammons was clearing the kitchen. One of the officers in the main room saw motion in the kitchen and, mistakenly believing a suspect was in the kitchen, opened fire with a shotgun. Officer Hammons was a United States Army veteran who served with the Dallas Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, brother, and four sisters.

In Our Keeping

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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 Hammons gave the Dallas Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas 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 Dallas Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Dallas, TX

Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 22, 1992

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 5970

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Harold Lee Hammons served in the U.S. Army (1982â1982) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Harold Lee Hammons is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Dallas Police Department, 30 of 95 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.

Dallas Police Department

of 95 officers

31.6% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident