Jacob Heffelfinger

Ashtabula Police Department — Ashtabula, OH

Felonious

End of Watch March 4, 1918

Age 50

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Jacob Heffelfinger succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained four days earlier when he was shot by a man after responding to a domestic disturbance. The suspect was arrested later by two officers and shot when he resisted arrest. He was sentenced to prison and died in 1934. Patrolman Heffelfinger had served with the Ashtabula Police Department for 22 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, three brothers, and two sisters.

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Tributes

22 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Heffelfinger gave the Ashtabula Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Ashtabula community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Heffelfinger.

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

Agency

Department Ashtabula Police Department

Location Ashtabula, OH

Platform Identity apd.ashtabula.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 4, 1918

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 50

Badge Number 1

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Offender Prison sentence

Patrolman Jacob Heffelfinger 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 Ashtabula Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Ashtabula Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious