Thomas Clancy

Wayne County Sheriff's Dept. — Detroit, MI

Felonious

End of Watch May 5, 1860

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 13

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Clancy succumbed to injuries sustained four days earlier when he was kicked by a horse while attempting to make an arrest.

A man was drunk and acting disorderly while in a drugstore on Monroe Street, near city hall. Deputy Clancy was in the process of arresting him when the man broke free and jumped onto his horse-drawn wagon on Campus Martius. Deputy Clancy attempted to stop the horses but was kicked in the face by one of them suffering severe injuries. He succumbed to his injuries four days later.

The man was charged with manslaughter, but the charges were dismissed at trial.

Deputy Clancy had served with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office for three years.

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166 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Clancy served with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Wayne County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Detroit, MI

Platform Identity wcso.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 5, 1860

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Vehicular assault

Weapon Animal

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Clancy 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 Wayne County Sheriff's Dept., 7 of 14 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Wayne County Sheriff's Dept.

of 14 officers

50% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious