Ira A. Warren

Oregon State Police — Salem, OR

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch April 7, 1938

Age 41

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

The Vigil Panel 74 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 30

Incident

Sergeant Warren was shot when he and a Portland City detective went to a hotel in downtown Portland searching for an ex-con they wanted to question regarding a burglary. When they found the suspect and attempted to take him into custody two of his friends burst into the room. All three were taken into custody and Sergeant Warren was holding them while the Portland Detective left to phone for a paddy wagon. One of the three had a hidden gun and shot Sergeant Warren in the neck. Sergeant Warren died five months later of a meningitis infection directly linked to the gunshot wound. The suspect, 30, was convicted of several armed robberies before Sergeant Warren died. He was sentenced to life for the robberies and paroled in 1955. He was never charged with Sergeant Warren's murder. On May 17, 1963, he beat and stabbed to death his 8-year-old step-daughter in Cupertino, California, and was sentenced to death. The California Supreme Court ordered a new trial which ended with a hung jury. A third ordered trial was voided after it's conclusion due to an incorrect decision the judge made. On March 13, 1970, a fourth trial was ordered. His death sentence was upheld. In 1972 his death sentence was commuted to life, with the possibility of parole, when the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional. He died in 1984. Sergeant Warren had been with the agency for seven years. He was a World War Veteran.

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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.
Sergeant Warren gave the Oregon State Police 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon, 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 Oregon State Police

Location Salem, OR

Platform Identity osp.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 1938

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Not available

Military Service

Ira A. Warren served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant Ira A. Warren 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 OR, 115 of 197 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.4% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Oregon State Police, 16 of 31 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.6% of this agency's fallen.

Oregon State Police

of 31 officers

51.6% Felonious

OR — Statewide

115

of 197 officers

58.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious