Eugene C. Robinson

San Francisco Police Department — San Francisco, CA

Felonious

End of Watch January 21, 1902

Age 36

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Badge 479

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Officer Eugene Robinson was shot and killed investigating several suspicious persons on the corner of Valencia Street and Eighteenth Street. The men were committing a burglary when they were caught by Officer Robinson. As he ordered the three men to surrender they opened fire, wounding Officer Robinson in the stomach three times. Officer Robinson was able to return fire and wounded one of the suspects. Six suspects were eventually taken into custody and convicted of charges ranging from manslaughter to first degree murder. One of the suspects was sentenced to death and hanged at San Quentin State Prison on October 6th, 1905. A second suspect was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison but was killed in San Quentin Prison by another inmate in 1912. One of the arrested offenders was wanted for accessory after the fact for the murder of Police Officer Nicholas Hunt, of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department on November 15, 1897. Officer Robinson had served with the San Francisco Police Department for six years. He was survived by his mother, brother, and sister. In 1902 Officer Robinson's photograph was installed at the San Francisco Police Headquarters, along with four other officers killed in the line of duty, where it was displayed until the California earthquake of 1906 when all of the portraits were lost.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, brother, and sister.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Robinson gave the San Francisco Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Francisco community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Robinson.

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

Agency

Department San Francisco Police Department

Location San Francisco, CA

Platform Identity sfpd.sf.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 21, 1902

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 36

Badge Number 479

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .44 caliber

Offender Executed in 1905

Officer Eugene C. Robinson 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 CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At San Francisco Police Department, 66 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.3% of this agency's fallen.

San Francisco Police Department

of 106 officers

62.3% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious