Hubert Gerald "Hugh" Greer

Tulsa Police Department — Tulsa, OK

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch April 27, 1962

Age 37

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

The Vigil Panel 97 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 41

Incident

Officer Hugh Greer was shot and killed with his own weapon as he and his partner struggled with two burglary suspects caught breaking into a grocery store at 17th Street and South Boston Avenue in Tulsa. The suspect who shot Officer Greer shot his partner in the mouth. He managed to return fire, hitting the shooter in the chest. Both suspects, 21 and 23, were charged with murder. The shooter was convicted of Officer Greer's murder and sentenced to life in prison on October 11, 1962. He was denied parole in 1979. Officer Greer was a United States Army Air Corps World War II veteran and had been with the Tulsa Police Department for ten years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.

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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 Greer gave the Tulsa Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tulsa 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 Tulsa Police Department

Location Tulsa, OK

Platform Identity tpd.tulsa.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 27, 1962

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Offender Sentenced to life

Military Service

Hubert Gerald "Hugh" Greer served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Hubert Gerald "Hugh" Greer 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 OK, 403 of 582 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.2% of this state's fallen. That is 15 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Tulsa Police Department, 30 of 42 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Tulsa Police Department

of 42 officers

71.4% Felonious

OK — Statewide

403

of 582 officers

69.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious