Clarence Edward Harris

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 20, 1973

Age 26

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 10 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 87

Incident

Detective Clarence Harris was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at the Atlanta Theater at 583 Peachtree Street, NE. He was working his secondary job at the Atlanta Theater when he attempted to break up a fight between two men. During the struggle, one of the subjects grabbed Detective Harris' gun. When Detective Harris tried to take back his gun, he was struck. A teenager was wounded while trying to assist Detective Harris. On March 1, 1974, the suspect, 19, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years. In March 1973, Detective Harris was shot in the face during a narcotics search. Detective Harris was a U.S. Marine Corps Purple Heart recipient of the Vietnam War and had served with the Atlanta Police Department for almost 2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and a newborn daughter.

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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.
Detective Harris gave the Atlanta Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta 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 Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 20, 1973

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 10 mo

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Clarence Edward Harris served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Detective Clarence Edward Harris 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 GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 60.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Atlanta Police Department, 58 of 88 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 65.9% of this agency's fallen.

Atlanta Police Department

of 88 officers

65.9% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious