George B. Dooley

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch August 21, 1943

Age 52

Tour of Duty 29 yrs 11 mo

The Vigil Panel 80 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Captain George Dooley was shot and killed by an emotionally disturbed person at 519 West 5th Street in Cincinnati. The shooter had been removed from a mental institution months earlier by his sister, who called that day to report that her brother was armed and threatening to shoot her and himself. Captain Dooley and another patrolman responded as backup. However, the responding officers' patrol car was struck en route, leaving them without assistance. When they arrived at the scene, the suspect shot both officers as they crossed the grounds, and then he barricaded himself in the house. Captain Dooley was killed instantly, and the patrolman was seriously injured. The suspect was forced from the house with tear gas and killed in a gunfight with police. Captain Dooley was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for nearly 30 years. He was survived by his daughter, parents, two sisters, and two brothers. He is buried at Saint Joseph New Cemetery, Hamilton County, Ohio.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter, parents, two sisters, and two brothers.

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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.
Captain Dooley gave the Cincinnati Police Department 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati Police Department

Location Cincinnati, OH

Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 21, 1943

Tour of Duty 29 yrs 11 mo

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Military Service

George B. Dooley served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Captain George B. Dooley 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 OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Cincinnati Police Department, 63 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.

Cincinnati Police Department

of 106 officers

59.4% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious