Daniel Waters

Saginaw Police Department — Saginaw, MI

Felonious

End of Watch December 8, 1950

Age 36

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Captain Daniel Waters was shot and killed, and Sergeant Clarence Dietzel was fatally wounded in a gunfight with an ex-convict. The suspect was wanted for shooting at police the previous night when they responded to a local bar where he had caused a disturbance. Captain Waters and Sergeant Dietzel were waiting at the Bancroft Hotel for the suspect and his girlfriend, who had left her son at the hotel. When the pair drove up, they fired at the officers, and a gunfight ensued. Sergeant Dietzel was transported to Saginaw General Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds two days later. Captain Waters died at the scene. The suspects escaped. Minutes later, when police forced the couple to pull over, they found that the suspect was critically wounded. He died in the hospital a short time later. The suspect was a parolee who had been released a month earlier. It was later discovered that he and his girlfriend had murdered a man in Wayne, Michigan, a month earlier, stolen his vehicle, and had been on a robbery spree throughout the area. Captain Waters had served with the Saginaw Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Waters gave the Saginaw Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saginaw community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Waters.

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

Agency

Department Saginaw Police Department

Location Saginaw, MI

Platform Identity spd.saginaw.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 8, 1950

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Captain Daniel Waters 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 MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Saginaw Police Department, 6 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Saginaw Police Department

of 8 officers

75% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious