Jeremiah "Jere" McCheane

Omaha Police Department — Omaha, NE

Felonious

End of Watch June 26, 1870

Age 51

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 24

Incident

Constable Jere McCheane succumbed to stab wounds sustained at 11:15 pm the previous night when he attempted to arrest a man at a tenement house at 13th Street and Webster Street. The man was convicted of murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison. On April 18th, 1871, he and nine other inmates escaped from the Nebraska Penitentiary.

Survivors

Constable McCheane was survived by his wife, six daughters, and a son by a previous wife.

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156 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable McCheane served with the Omaha Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Omaha community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Omaha Police Department

Location Omaha, NE

Platform Identity opd.douglas.ne.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 26, 1870

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

Offender Sentenced to 10 years

Constable Jeremiah "Jere" McCheane 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 NE, 97 of 151 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.2% of this state's fallen. That is 10 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Omaha Police Department, 21 of 25 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 84% of this agency's fallen.

Omaha Police Department

of 25 officers

84% Felonious

NE — Statewide

of 151 officers

64.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious