Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Thomas Hall suffered a fatal stroke at 11:32 a.m. after responding to an accident at a Grabbenstetter Chrysler and Plymouth Dealer located at the intersection of State Route 20 and State Route 23. Chief Hall was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He had served with the Northwood Police Department for 13 years and had previously served with the Toledo Police Department for 11 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, two daughters, and nine grandchildren.
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- 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.
Chief of Police Hall gave the Northwood Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Northwood community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Thomas W. Hall served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
Chief of Police Thomas W. Hall is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In OH, 49 of 991 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
Military Service
Thomas W. Hall served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.
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