Alfred N. Hollis

Quincy Police Department — Quincy, MA

Felonious

End of Watch October 4, 1927

Age 32

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Patrolman Alfred Hollis was shot and killed when he and his partner responded to a burglary call at a local hardware store. Patrolman Hollis went to the back of the store and the other officer went to the front. The second officer heard a shot and ran to the back of the store where he found Patrolman Hollis fatally wounded. A suspect was arrested after a shootout with police in Connecticut. The man pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison and has since died. Patrolman Hollis had served with the agency for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Quincy Police Department

Location Quincy, MA

Platform Identity qpd.norfolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 1927

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Sentenced to life

Patrolman Alfred N. Hollis 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 MA, 199 of 469 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.4% of this state's fallen. That is 11.8 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Quincy 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.

Quincy Police Department

of 5 officers

60% Felonious

MA — Statewide

199

of 469 officers

42.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious