Benjamin Louis Short

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Felonious

End of Watch March 25, 1994

Age 29

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 4751

The Vigil Panel 140 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 249

Incident

Officer Short was shot and killed around 1 a.m. when he intervened in a bar fight while off-duty at the Tropical Hut Lounge at 14925 Livernois. Officer Short, who worked as an undercover officer in the department's narcotics enforcement division, was there with his partner when he observed one of the fighters produce a handgun.

Survivors

Officer Short served seven years in law enforcement and is survived by his wife and two-month-old son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Short gave the Detroit Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Short.

— 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 March 25, 1994

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 4751

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Not available

Police Officer Benjamin Louis Short 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