Ross D. Flavel

Lewiston Police Department — Lewiston, ID

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch January 13, 1972

Age 25

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Patrolman Ross Flavel was killed when a bomb exploded after he responded to the scene of a robbery. A suspect had called a pharmacy owner at home stating he needed a prescription filled as an emergency. When the store owner arrived, the suspect told him he had a bomb and ordered the pharmacist to give him drugs. The pharmacist's wife called the police, and responding officers took the man into custody. As Patrolman Flavel bent down to examine an object at the scene, the item exploded and killed him. The suspect was convicted of Patrolman Flavel's murder and sentenced to life in prison. Patrolman Flavel was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Lewiston Police Department for one year. He was preceded in death by his wife and survived by his parents, brother, and grandfather.

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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.
Patrolman Flavel gave the Lewiston Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Lewiston 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 Lewiston Police Department

Location Lewiston, ID

Platform Identity lpd.nezperce.id.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 13, 1972

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Explosives; Bomb

Offender Sentenced to life

Military Service

Ross D. Flavel served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Ross D. Flavel 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 ID, 44 of 71 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Lewiston Police Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Lewiston Police Department

of 5 officers

60% Felonious

ID — Statewide

of 71 officers

62% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious