Stanley Sech

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Felonious

End of Watch February 24, 1963

Age 38

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 249

Incident

Sergeant Stanley Sech was shot and killed as he responded to a domestic disturbance at a local residence at 13475 Dequindre around 2:30 a.m. As Sergeant Sech and two other officers walked up to the front door he was met with a shotgun blast that came through the storm door and struck him in the face. One of the other officers returned fire wounding the suspect, a man who was angry with his wife because she was not home when he got home from work. The suspect was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to prison. He was paroled June 4, 1973. Sergeant Sech had served with the Detroit Police Department for 13 years and was assigned to the 11th Precinct.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Detroit Police Department

Location Detroit, MI

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

Service Record

End of Watch February 24, 1963

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Paroled in 1973

Sergeant Stanley Sech 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 Detroit Police Department, 177 of 250 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.8% of this agency's fallen.

Detroit Police Department

177

of 250 officers

70.8% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious