Leonard Leon Kolodziej

Phoenix Police Dept. — Phoenix, AZ

Felonious

End of Watch September 4, 1991

Age 43

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Badge 2387

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 46

Incident

Officer Leonard Kolodziej was shot and killed by a man who sprayed a residential street with gunfire from a high-powered weapon at 4300 N. 20th Street. Officer Kolodziej was the first on the scene and was killed before he exited his patrol vehicle. The suspect then held police at bay for more than five hours before they stormed the house and found the suspect dead. Officer Kolodziej had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 19 years and was ten months from retirement.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, three stepdaughters, a stepson, his mother, and seven grandchildren.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Kolodziej gave the Phoenix Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Kolodziej.

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

Agency

Department Phoenix Police Dept.

Location Phoenix, AZ

Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 4, 1991

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 43

Badge Number 2387

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Committed suicide

Officer Leonard Leon Kolodziej 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 AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Phoenix Police Dept., 28 of 47 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.6% of this agency's fallen.

Phoenix Police Dept.

of 47 officers

59.6% Felonious

AZ — Statewide

204

of 330 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious