Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Johnny Fallis was shot and killed while investigating a noise complaint at 700 Walnut Street. When he arrived at the scene he located a vehicle playing loud music with two male subjects sitting inside. As he radioed the license plate information to dispatch one of the men exited the vehicle and opened fire with a .22 caliber handgun, striking Patrolman Fallis in the arm and chest. The subject fled to Grady, Arkansas, where he was arrested the following day. At the time of Patrolman Fallis' murder, the man, 29, was wanted for in Seattle, Washington, for murdering two teenagers on April 6th, 1984. On November 22, 1985, he was convicted of Patrolman Fallis' murder and sentenced to death. In 1986 he was removed from death row and sent to Seattle, Washington, to be tried for the murder of the two teenagers. In the Rainier Beach section of Seattle he beat a 16-year-old boy to death and then shot his 15-year-old girlfriend in the head killing her. In 1989 he was convicted of their murders and sentenced to life. In 1990 he was returned to Arkansas for a retrial. In 1993 he was sentenced to life without parole. As of December 13, 2022, he was in an Arkansas Prison. He has committed 37 major disciplinary violations since his reentering prison in Arkansas. Patrolman Fallis had served with the Pine Bluff Police Department for 2-1/2 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Fallis gave the Pine Bluff Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pine Bluff community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Fallis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman John Robert Fallis 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 AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Pine Bluff Police Department, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Robert Fallis's cause is highlighted.
How John Robert Fallis Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to life
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. John Robert Fallis is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. John Robert Fallis was killed by handgun; .22 caliber.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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