Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Harry Elmore suffered a fatal stroke while pursuing suspected rum runners along Jones Avenue at about 11:30 pm.
He and his partner attempted to stop the vehicle on Breedlove Street for driving without headlights. The vehicle fled onto Chelsea Avenue and then north on Jones Avenue. They pursued the car outside of the city limits when Patrolman Elmore suddenly slumped over the steering wheel as they approached the Wolf River Bridge (approximately 500 feet west of the modern-day I-40 bridge). Their vehicle left the roadway and went down a 25-foot embankment.
Patrolman Elmore was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Patrolman Elmore had served with the Memphis Police Department for at least six years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, and siblings.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Elmore gave the Memphis Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Elmore.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Harry Clemmons Elmore is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TN, 43 of 769 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Memphis Police Department, 16 of 94 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 17% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Clemmons Elmore's cause is highlighted.
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When Illness Deaths Occur
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