Lloyd E. Verrett Sr.

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA

Felonious

End of Watch October 5, 1967

Age 37

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Badge 195

The Vigil Panel 103 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 127

Incident

Sergeant Lloyd Verrett succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained on October 1st, 1967, when he was shot at a bar on Louisiana Avenue as he answered a report of a holdup. When he entered the bar he found two men holding a barmaid at gunpoint. As he tried to talk them into letting her go they shot him three times. Both suspects, ages 19 and 21, were arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death. Their sentences were later commuted to life.

Survivors

Sergeant Verrett was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Verrett gave the New Orleans Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Verrett.

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

Agency

Department New Orleans Police Department

Type Police Department

Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 5, 1967

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 37

Badge Number 195

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Sergeant Lloyd E. Verrett Sr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 61.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At New Orleans Police Department, 86 of 128 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 67.2% of this agency's fallen.

New Orleans Police Department

of 128 officers

67.2% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious