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Patrolman

Kenneth Gordon Pine

Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety — Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch March 17, 1975

Age 30

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 17

The Vigil Panel 115 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Patrolman Kenneth Pine was struck and killed by a drunk driver while making a traffic stop on Mack Avenue near Elizabeth Court at about 10:00 pm. The drunk driver fled the scene after the incident but was arrested a short time later in Grosse Pointe Woods. The 31-year-old woman was convicted of negligent homicide. Patrolman Pine was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Grosse Pointe Farms Police Department for five years. He had previously been awarded the department's Medal of Valor for rescuing a woman from Lake St. Clair.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two stepdaughters.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 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.
Patrolman Pine gave the Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan, 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 Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety

Location Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

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

Service Record

End of Watch March 17, 1975

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 30

Badge Number 17

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

Offender Convicted of negligent homicide

Military Service

Kenneth Gordon Pine served in the Air Force (1964â1968) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Kenneth Gordon Pine 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%.

Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Gordon Pine's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Kenneth Gordon Pine Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 8.5 years

Offender Outcome

Convicted of negligent homicide

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Gordon Pine is highlighted in Mar.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,517

May

1,505

Jun

1,443

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,553

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Kenneth Gordon Pine was killed by automobile; alcohol involved.

Gun; Unknown type

5,083

Handgun

2,077

Shotgun

922

Officer's handgun

909

Automobile; Alcohol involved

530

Rifle

518