Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Al Trentham succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while responding to a domestic disturbance call that involved a drunk man threatening his family with a handgun.
Officer Trentham arrived at the Holiness Church to arrest the man brandishing a gun at 8:00 p.m. When he approached, he was shot before the subject fled. Officer Trentham was immediately transported to a local hospital, where he died the following day at 3:00 a.m. from a severed main blood vessel.
The suspect, 44, was apprehended in Altus on October 4, 1933. He said he accidentally killed Police Officer Trentham and that he tried to kill his brother. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. He was paroled on May 3, 1949.
Officer Trentham had served with the Hobart Police Department for eight years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and 11 children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Trentham gave the Hobart Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hobart community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Trentham.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Allen Pleasant Trentham 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 OK, 403 of 582 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.2% of this state's fallen. That is 15 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Allen Pleasant Trentham's cause is highlighted.
How Allen Pleasant Trentham Compares
Offender Outcome
Paroled in 1949
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Allen Pleasant Trentham is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Allen Pleasant Trentham was killed by rifle; winchester.