John Yeomans

Jacksonville Police Department — Jacksonville, FL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 24, 1840

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 32

Incident

Town Marshal John Yeomans was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two men who had fired a rifle inside a saloon.

Both men were arrested after Town Marshal Yeamans was shot, however, both failed to appear for trial. One subject died the following year. The other was arrested again, but escaped and fled to Mexico. He was never prosecuted for murdering Marshal Yeomans.

Marshal Yeomans had served as the Jacksonville town marshal for approximately three years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Seminole Wars.

Rest in peace Town Marshal Yeomans.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis May 24th, 2023

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Tributes

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.
Town Marshal Yeomans gave the Jacksonville Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jacksonville community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Jacksonville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Jacksonville, FL

Platform Identity jpd.duval.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 24, 1840

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

John Yeomans served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Town Marshal John Yeomans is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 53.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Jacksonville Police Department, 25 of 33 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75.8% of this agency's fallen.

Jacksonville Police Department

of 33 officers

75.8% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious