Joseph Tucker Fisher

Little Rock Police Department — Little Rock, AR

Felonious

End of Watch February 7, 1995

Age 34

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Detective Fisher was shot and killed while serving a narcotics search warrant at an apartment complex. Another officer and the suspect, 22, were shot and wounded. The officer, 26, was hospitalized in critical condition. The suspect was charged with capital murder and sentenced to life plus thirty years in prison. As of December 15, 2022, he was in Cummins Prison. Detective Fisher had been with the Little Rock Police Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his two daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Fisher gave the Little Rock Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Fisher.

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

Agency

Department Little Rock Police Department

Location Little Rock, AR

Platform Identity lrpd.pulaski.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 7, 1995

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Offender Sentenced to life plus 30

Detective Joseph Tucker Fisher 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 AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Little Rock Police Department, 19 of 23 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 82.6% of this agency's fallen.

Little Rock Police Department

of 23 officers

82.6% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious