Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Trooper Bill Hakim and Captain Tom Tennant, of the Woodburn Police Department, were killed when a bomb detonated as they examined the device at a bank branch in the 2500 block of Oregon 214.
A bomb threat had been called into a local bank earlier in the day, but the device was determined not to pose a threat. Later in the day a second bomb threat was made to a neighboring bank. A bank employee discovered a suspicious object in the bushes outside of the bank. At some point after officers responded to the scene, the device was moved inside the bank.
As Trooper Hakim, Captain Tennant, and the Woodburn police chief examined the device it detonated, fatally injuring Trooper Hakim and Captain Tennant. The police chief was critically injured.
Both suspects, a father and son team, were apprehended, convicted, and sentenced to death.
Trooper Hakim was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Oregon State Police for 11 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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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.
Senior Trooper Hakim gave the Oregon State Police 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oregon. Thank you 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
William Robert Hakim served in the Navy (1985â1994) before joining law enforcement.
Senior Trooper William Robert Hakim is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OR, 115 of 197 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.4% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Oregon State Police, 16 of 31 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Robert Hakim's cause is highlighted.
How William Robert Hakim Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to death
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. William Robert Hakim is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. William Robert Hakim was killed by explosives; bomb.
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