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Officer

Allen Moore

Lawrence Police Department — Lawrence, KS

Accident

End of Watch May 22, 1901

Age 40

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 2

Incident

Officer Allen Moore succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound while on duty at about 1:45 am. He had gone to the Union Pacific Railroad depot and was sitting in the telegraph office. As he stood up his service revolver fell from its holster and discharged, striking him once in the abdomen. He succumbed to the wound a short time later.

Survivors

Officer Moore was a widower and was survived by his mother and six children.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Officer Moore gave the Lawrence Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Lawrence community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Moore.

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

Agency

Department Lawrence Police Department

Location Lawrence, KS

Platform Identity lpd.douglas.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 22, 1901

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Allen Moore is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 11.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Lawrence Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Lawrence Police Department

of 3 officers

33.3% Accident

KS — Statewide

of 335 officers

19.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Allen Moore's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Allen Moore Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Allen Moore is highlighted in May.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

Incident Location

Others Who Wore This Badge

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