Thomas Ring

Omaha Police Department — Omaha, NE

Felonious

End of Watch February 10, 1915

Age 54

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 24

Incident

Detective Thomas Ring was shot and killed while assisting two railroad policemen who were investigating thefts from several boxcars. The officers went to the home of one of the suspects at 411 N 15th Street but were told to leave when they knocked on the door. Detective Ring was shot with a .45 caliber revolver as he attempted to look through a window into the home. Both suspects escaped. Detective Ring's killer was shot and killed three weeks later in Scribner when he resisted the Dodge County sheriff and four Omaha police officers. His accomplice was arrested weeks later in Kansas City. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one to 10 years. He was paroled 22 months later and deported to Mexico.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Ring served with the Omaha Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Omaha community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Ring.

— 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 February 10, 1915

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender Shot and killed

Detective Thomas Ring 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