Roll of Honor
Biography
As a public servant, Ray shared his life protecting and serving the communities he lived in and loved for 20 years. During his 16-year career with Ridgeland Police Department, he served the city as a patrolman, training officer, supervisor and swat operator – with his longest tenure as an interdiction officer and partner to K9 Canon. Shortly after Canon’s death in 2016, he began his time as a training officer and was eventually called back to patrol in 2020 as a supervisor. Prior to his career with the Ridgeland Police Department, he served the City of Cleveland and the surrounding area through the Cleveland Police Department, the Bolivar County Emergency Operations Center and the Volunteer Fire Department Battalion 1. He was also a founding member of the Delta K9 Search and Rescue Unit. Across a 20-year career history, Ray’s passion for serving others through law enforcement was undeniable. Those who worked with him and for him describe him as a wonderful leader and trusted friend to many. As a K9 handler, he set the bar for community policing and purposeful engagement. As an instructor, he stabilized the training program – developing and leading the next generation of police officers for Ridgeland. As a supervisor, he led from the front – with empathy and integrity. Ray’s impact and service to the city and its police department will forever be enshrined in those he served and those he served with, especially the men and women who will continue to carry his legacy. Continuing his service to the community and others around him, Ray was a proud member of Pearl Lodge #23. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, he rose in rank to Master Mason by the age of 39. He was active in his membership, which was originally established through the Cleveland Lodge #470. He valued his time with his lodge brothers as he endeavored to live out the lodge’s core values of honor, integrity and character – working to better his community. As a father and husband, Ray loved his family fiercely. He met Kristy when she moved to Cleveland for school in 1999. Their love was big and magnetic – establishing the foundation of what would become their family and legacy. When Lauren and Jacob were born, it was immediately clear that they hung the moon – figuratively and literally.
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Tributes
Officer Ray Daniels served with the Ridgeland Police Department.
Thank you for your service. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Ray Daniels is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MS, 2 of 349 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 0.6% of this state's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Suicide compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ray Daniels's cause is highlighted.
How Ray Daniels Compares
When Suicide Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Suicide deaths across the full memorial record. Ray Daniels is highlighted in Jul.