Thomas H. Jenkins

Charlotte Police Department — Charlotte, NC

Felonious

End of Watch October 21, 1929

Age 48

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 17

Incident

Detective Jenkins was shot and killed while he and other officers tried to quell a disturbance involving four men at First and Davidson Streets. While making an arrest one of the men grabbed a riot gun held by another officer. As they struggled for possession of the gun it discharged striking Detective Jenkins in the abdomen. The suspect escaped. Detective Jenkins had been with the agency for five years. Before that he was a deputy sheriff for 15 years with the York County Sheriff's Department, South Carolina.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three sons, and a daughter.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Jenkins gave the Charlotte Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Charlotte community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Jenkins.

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

Agency

Department Charlotte Police Department

Location Charlotte, NC

Platform Identity charpd.mecklenburg.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 21, 1929

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Offender At large

Detective Thomas H. Jenkins 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Charlotte Police Department, 13 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 72.2% of this agency's fallen.

Charlotte Police Department

of 18 officers

72.2% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious