Tom Carson

Salina Police Department — Salina, KS

Felonious

End of Watch November 29, 1920

Age 40

The Vigil Panel 40 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Carson was shot and killed while on night patrol by a man he was evicting from a Union Pacific train. The suspect was apprehended later in the evening by Union Pacific police as he attempted to board a freight train. He was released when he proved he was somewhere else at the time Patrolman Carson was shot. No other suspect was ever identified.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Carson served with the Salina Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Salina community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Carson.

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

Agency

Department Salina Police Department

Location Salina, KS

Platform Identity spd.saline.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 29, 1920

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender At large

Patrolman Tom Carson 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 KS, 237 of 335 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Salina Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Salina Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Felonious

KS — Statewide

237

of 335 officers

70.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious