Edward Ford

Greensboro Police Department — Greensboro, NC

Felonious

End of Watch June 8, 1962

Age 24

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 13

Incident

Officer Edward Ford succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained on May 12th, 1962, when he was shot with his own service weapon while booking a prisoner he had just arrested for drunk driving. Officer Ford was talking on the phone when the man grabbed his service weapon and shot him. The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on July 12th, 1962. In 1969 he escaped from prison but was recaptured a few days later in Wilmington, Delaware. He was paroled in 1976. Officer Ford had served with the Greensboro Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Ford gave the Greensboro Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Greensboro community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Ford.

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

Agency

Department Greensboro Police Department

Location Greensboro, NC

Platform Identity greepd.guilford.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 8, 1962

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Offender Paroled in 1976

Officer Edward Ford 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 Greensboro Police Department, 7 of 14 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Greensboro Police Department

of 14 officers

50% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious