Shalley "Dave" Dowdy
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Shalley "Dave" Dowdy

Suicide Honored
End of Watch March 27, 2015
Age 43
The Vigil Panel 164 ›
Gender Male

Biography

“Here is a good photo of him at Shop with a Cop years ago. He never aged, always had this baby face. He loved doing this event… Dave was on the Crisis Intervention team and one of the calmest, most mild mannered person. But don’t get me wrong he had a hilarious dry sense of humor everyone loved. I hadn’t pulled up this photo in a long time. I cried hard when I saw his wonderful grin. He was the BEST big brother and my rock from day one.”

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-NV-B51141B8
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

Officer Shalley Dowdy served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Las Vegas, NV
Platform Identity lvmpd.clark.nv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 27, 2015
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Suicide

Shalley "Dave" Dowdy is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NV, 1 of 145 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 0.7% of this state's fallen.

At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 1 of 24 officers on record were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 4.2% of this agency's fallen.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
1
of 24 officers
4.2% Suicide
NV — Statewide
1
of 145 officers
0.7% Suicide
Nationwide
256
of 32,508 officers
0.8% Suicide

National Cause Distribution

How Suicide compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Shalley "Dave" Dowdy's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Shalley "Dave" Dowdy Compares

Age at End of Watch
43
This officer
Avg for Suicide: 41.7 years

When Suicide Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Suicide deaths across the full memorial record. Shalley "Dave" Dowdy is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
24
Feb
22
Mar
15
Apr
18
May
30
Jun
28
Jul
18
Aug
15
Sep
21
Oct
24
Nov
21
Dec
18