Sidney Clarence Crews

Miami Police Department — Miami, FL

Felonious

End of Watch April 25, 1929

Age 44

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Badge 7

The Vigil Panel 57 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 38

Incident

Officer Sidney Crews succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day when he was shot by an inmate with his own service revolver inside the city jail. He and another officer had entered a cell block in order to kill rats with air rifles after inmates complained about a rat infestation. One of the wounded rats ran underneath a table and, as Officer Crews bent down to pick it up, an inmate grabbed his service revolver and started shooting. One bullet shattered Officer Crews' right arm and a second bullet struck his hip. A detective who was in another section of the jail shot and killed the inmate. Officer Crews had served with the Miami Police Department for eight years and was assigned to the city jail.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Crews gave the Miami Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Miami community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Crews.

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

Agency

Department Miami Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

Platform Identity mpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 25, 1929

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 44

Badge Number 7

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Officer Sidney Clarence Crews 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 FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 53.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Miami Police Department, 20 of 39 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.3% of this agency's fallen.

Miami Police Department

of 39 officers

51.3% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious