William Beverly Jacobs

Shreveport Police Department — Shreveport, LA

Felonious

End of Watch November 14, 1941

Age 56

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Badge 169

The Vigil Panel 78 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

Patrolman William Jacobs was shot and killed with his own weapon as he attempted to arrest a man who had crashed a dance. During the arrest Patrolman Jacobs shot and wounded the man, who then fled but returned, snuck up behind Patrolman Jacobs, and stole his weapon. He then shot and killed Patrolman Jacobs. The suspect was apprehended and executed in 1942.

Survivors

Patrolman Jacobs had been with the agency for 21 years and was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

21 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Jacobs gave the Shreveport Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Shreveport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Jacobs.

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

Agency

Department Shreveport Police Department

Type Other

Location Shreveport, LA

Platform Identity spd.caddo.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 14, 1941

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 56

Badge Number 169

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Patrolman William Beverly Jacobs 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 LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 61.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Shreveport Police Department, 24 of 30 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Shreveport Police Department

of 30 officers

80% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious