Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Robert Bennett was shot and killed while responding to a bank robbery at 1:15 p.m. The two suspects were dressed as police officers, taking a woman hostage as they fled the Continental Bank at 6809 W. 130th Street in Parma. Sergeant Bennett arrived at the robbery scene as one of the suspects, and the hostage exited the rear door. The suspect and Sergeant Bennett exchanged fire, and both were fatally wounded. The other suspect was captured at the scene. In 1941, he was sent to prison for killing a man in Cleveland and was paroled in 1968. He was convicted of Sergeant Bennett's murder and sentenced to 102 years in prison on May 3, 1973. Sergeant Bennett was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the Parma Heights Police Department for over 15 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six children.
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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.
Sergeant Bennett gave the Parma Heights Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Parma Heights community, and for your service before it. 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
Military Service
Robert W. Bennett served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Robert W. Bennett 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 OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 57.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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Incident Location
Military Service
Robert W. Bennett served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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