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Chief of Police

James Richard Dacy

Pierce City Police Department — Pierce City, MO

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 8, 2001

Age 61

Tour of Duty 31 yrs

The Vigil Panel 148 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 4

Incident

Chief of Police James Dacy was accidentally shot and killed when his shotgun discharged as he attempted to retrieve it from his trunk.

The incident occurred when he responded to a call about a stray dog in a local cemetery. The shotgun, which was stored in a protective sleeve, discharged while it was still in the bag as he was bent over pulling it from the trunk. The trigger had caught on another item in the trunk as he was pulling it out. The blast struck Chief Dacy in the chest, killing him.

Chief Dacy, pictured with his daughter, had served in law enforcement for 31 years and had been chief of the Pierce City Police Department for six years.

Chief Dacy's brother, Patrolman John Dacy, was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 21st, 1969, while serving as a member of the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department.

Thank you for your 31 years of service

Nick mottola None August 8th, 2020

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Tributes

31 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Dacy gave the Pierce City Police Department 31 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Pierce City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Dacy.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Pierce City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Pierce City, Lawrence County, MO

Platform Identity ppd.lawrence.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 8, 2001

Tour of Duty 31 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

James Richard Dacy served in the U.S. Air Force (1957â1961) before joining law enforcement.

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Chief of Police James Richard Dacy is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pierce City Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Pierce City Police Department

of 5 officers

20% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident