Tom Sam Hakaim

Cleveland Division of Police — Cleveland, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 3, 1971

Age 35

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

The Vigil Panel 108 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 118

Incident

Patrolman Tom Hakaim was shot and killed at 1350 hours by another officer while on duty inside the radio room on Payne Avenue. The other officer suddenly went berserk and started firing his .38 caliber service weapon at Patrolman Haikam and another officer, striking them both. After the victims fell, the officer picked up their weapons and continued shooting them, and shooting randomly in the radio room. The officer was apprehended in the hallway outside the radio room by other officers. The second officer was shot five times but survived his wounds. The suspect was found to be insane and sent to a mental institution for several years. Patrolmah Hakaim had served with the Cleveland Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Hakaim gave the Cleveland Division of Police 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Hakaim.

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

Agency

Department Cleveland Division of Police

Type Other

Location Cleveland, OH

Platform Identity cdpd.cuyahoga.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 3, 1971

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Tom Sam Hakaim served in the U.S. Navy (1954â1956) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Tom Sam Hakaim 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 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%.

At Cleveland Division of Police, 83 of 119 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.7% of this agency's fallen.

Cleveland Division of Police

of 119 officers

69.7% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious