David Henry Strzalkowski

Metro-Dade Police Department — Miami, FL

Felonious

End of Watch November 28, 1988

Age 34

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Badge 3663

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 24

Incident

Police Officer David Strzalkowski and Officer Richard Boles were shot and killed after responding to a call in a trailer park at Northeast 200th Street and West Dixie Highway. The call turned out to be a fake call made by a paroled felon intended to have officers respond. When they located the complainant, the man attacked them with a piece of pipe before gaining control of Officer Boles' service weapon. He opened fire, fatally wounding both officers. During the struggle, the officers were able to put out a distress call and the responding officers arrested the man. The subject had been released from prison 10 days earlier after serving seven years of a 15-year sentence for attempted murder. On August 9th, 1990, he was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. On April 19th, 1995, he and another death row inmate were stabbed to death by two fellow inmates in the exercise yard at the Florida State Penitentiary. Officer Strzalkowski had served with the Metro-Dade Police Department for six years.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife, son, and father.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Strzalkowski gave the Metro-Dade Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Miami community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Strzalkowski.

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

Agency

Department Metro-Dade Police Department

Location Miami, FL

Platform Identity metrpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 28, 1988

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 34

Badge Number 3663

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Offender Murdered in prison

Police Officer David Henry Strzalkowski 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 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 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Metro-Dade Police Department, 14 of 25 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56% of this agency's fallen.

Metro-Dade Police Department

of 25 officers

56% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious