Samuel Prescott

Ashland Police Department — Ashland, OR

Felonious

End of Watch January 24, 1931

Age 23

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Police Officer Samuel Prescott was shot and killed on Ashland Boulevard after stopping a stolen vehicle being driven by an escapee from Colorado. The man shot Officer Prescott before fleeing the scene in the vehicle, which he abandoned on the Pacific Highway. A hitchhiker he had previously picked up stayed with the vehicle and assisted officers who were searching for the killer. The subject was apprehended, convicted of the murder, and subsequently hanged. Officer Prescott had served with the Ashland Police Department as a traffic officer for over three years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Prescott gave the Ashland Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Ashland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Prescott.

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

Agency

Department Ashland Police Department

Location Ashland, OR

Platform Identity apd.jackson.or.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 24, 1931

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 23

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Offender Executed

Police Officer Samuel Prescott 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 OR, 115 of 197 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.4% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Ashland Police Department, 2 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Ashland Police Department

of 4 officers

50% Felonious

OR — Statewide

115

of 197 officers

58.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious