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Police Officer

Thomas F. Rose

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch February 19, 1993

Age 42

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Badge 3322

The Vigil Panel 138 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 105

Incident

Police Officer Thomas Rose was shot and killed with his own weapon after letting an inmate out of his cell to make a phone call at the Boston Government Center. The suspect, who was in custody for theft charges and had only served six years for manslaughter in 1986, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 26 to 30 years. He was released after 15 years. In 2024, he was arrested and charged with felony assault and first-degree robbery. Officer Rose was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Boston Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, and one granddaughter.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Rose gave the Boston Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Boston Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA

Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 19, 1993

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 42

Badge Number 3322

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Thomas F. Rose served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Thomas F. Rose is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,586 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 11.5 percentage points below the national rate of 53.9%.

At Boston Police Department, 45 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.5% of this agency's fallen.

Boston Police Department

of 106 officers

42.5% Felonious

MA — Statewide

199

of 469 officers

42.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,559

of 32,586 officers

53.9% Felonious