Edward J. Clark

North Platte Police Dept. — North Platte, NE

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch August 25, 1925

Age 25

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Patrolman Edward Clark and Sheriff Samuel Pratt, of the Thomas County, Kansas, Sheriff's Office, were shot and killed while attempting to arrest two suspects wanted for a two-state crime spree. The two suspects had been stopped by Patrolman Clark near the South River Bridge. During the stop, Patrolman Clark and the suspects became engaged in a heated argument, and he was shot in the back as he turned away from them. The suspects fled back into Kansas, where Sheriff Pratt stopped them at a roadblock. He was shot and killed as he approached their car. The suspects fled the scene. A week later, one of the suspects, age 17, was arrested at his home in Tucumari, New Mexico. He claimed that the other suspect, who was nearly twice his age, shot and killed Patrolman Clark and Sheriff Pratt. On September 11, 1925, the second suspect was shot and killed in a gun battle with police in Altus, Oklahoma. The 17-year-old suspect was convicted of Patrolman Clark's murder and sentenced to life on October 10, 1925. He was paroled in October of 1936. Patrolman Clark was a United States Army World War I veteran and served with the North Platte Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

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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 Clark gave the North Platte Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the North Platte community, 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 North Platte Police Dept.

Location North Platte, NE

Platform Identity nppd.lincoln.ne.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 25, 1925

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Military Service

Edward J. Clark served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Edward J. Clark 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 North Platte Police Dept., 5 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

North Platte Police Dept.

of 7 officers

71.4% Felonious

NE — Statewide

of 151 officers

64.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious