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Corporal

Michael Douglas Beverly

Chester City Police Department — Chester, PA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 16, 2001

Age 36

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

The Vigil Panel 149 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 16

Incident

Corporal Michael Beverly was shot and killed while on patrol near 10th and Ward Streets at approximately 9:30 pm.

Two suspects were apprehended the following year. One of the killers was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in March 2004.

Corporal Beverly was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served with the Chester Police Department for 11 years and had previously served with the Delaware County Prison.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and five children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Corporal Beverly gave the Chester City Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chester community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Chester City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Chester, PA

Platform Identity cpd.delaware.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 16, 2001

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun; .44 caliber

Military Service

Michael Douglas Beverly served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Corporal Michael Douglas Beverly 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Chester City Police Department, 8 of 17 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.1% of this agency's fallen.

Chester City Police Department

of 17 officers

47.1% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious