George Yaden

Corbin Police Department — Corbin, KY

Felonious

End of Watch January 30, 1923

Age 23

Tour of Duty

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Special Policeman George Yaden was shot and killed in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad yards in Corbin, Kentucky.

He and two other special policemen were on patrol in the area when they heard gunfire. As they walked towards the location the sound came from they encountered two brothers walking in their direction. They stopped the two men to ask if they knew anything about the shooting.

The men took offense to being questioned and one of them drew a revolver and shot Policeman Yaden in the abdomen, causing a fatal wound. The other officers returned fire, killing one of the brothers and wounding the other. The second brother was eventually arrested and charged with murder.

Policeman Yaden had been sworn in as a special policeman by the city mayor several days earlier.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Policeman Yaden served with the Corbin Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Corbin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Policeman Yaden.

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

Agency

Department Corbin Police Department

Location Corbin, KY

Platform Identity cpd.whitley.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 30, 1923

Tour of Duty

Age 23

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Offender Shot and killed

Special Policeman George Yaden 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 KY, 755 of 983 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.8% of this state's fallen. That is 22.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Corbin Police Department, 5 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Corbin Police Department

of 5 officers

100% Felonious

KY — Statewide

755

of 983 officers

76.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious