Manley Jackson

Pocahontas Police Department — Pocahontas, AR

Felonious

End of Watch November 8, 1931

Age 32

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Chief of Police Manley Jackson was shot and killed along Highway 79 (modern-day Route 115) two miles north of Pocahontas. Chief Jackson was serving as a Night Marshal and was writing down the license plate of a suspicious car when members of the Barker-Karpis Gang kidnaped him. He was driven to a nearby quarry and was allowed to get out and walk a little way before he was shot four times and killed. His body was found the following day. Initially, a local man confessed to killing Chief Jackson and implicated a sheriff and another citizen. They were prosecuted, but the sheriff was exonerated. Later, the confessor admitted that he had wanted revenge against the sheriff and falsely claimed that he had killed Chief Jackson at the sheriff's request. An autobiography by one of the leaders of the Barker-Kipnes Gang detailed the murder of Chief Manley by members of the gang. The suspect was eventually shot and killed by FBI agents. Chief Jackson had served with the Pocahontas Police Department for one year. Survivors include his wife and two children. The Barker-Karpis Gang committed violent crimes throughout the American Midwest in the late 1920s and mid-1930s. Members and associates of the gang were responsible for the murders of more than ten law enforcement officers. Please click here to view all the law enforcement officers killed by the Barker-Karpis Gang.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife and two children.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Chief of Police Jackson gave the Pocahontas Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Pocahontas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Jackson.

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

Agency

Department Pocahontas Police Department

Location Pocahontas, AR

Platform Identity ppd.randolph.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 8, 1931

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender Shot and killed

Chief of Police Manley Jackson 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 Pocahontas Police Department, 4 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Pocahontas Police Department

of 4 officers

100% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious