Roll of Honor
Incident
Major Alister McGregor was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer while conducting a training exercise with the department's SWAT team.
The exercise included a scenario involving a hostage situation on board a school bus. Major McGregor was on board the bus when he was accidentally shot with an officer's sniper rifle. The officer had been granted permission to use his personal rifle during the exercise, but failed to clear the weapon of live ammunition before conducting a dry-fire. The officer was later indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges.
Major McGregor was a state expert on the use of deadly force and helped other Rhode Island police agencies draft recommendations on how to handle school shootings.
He had been with the East Providence Police Department for 16 years, and was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and five children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Major McGregor gave the East Providence Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the East Providence community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Major McGregor.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Major Alister C. McGregor is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In RI, 23 of 55 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.8% of this state's fallen. That is 10.8 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At East Providence Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alister C. McGregor's cause is highlighted.
How Alister C. McGregor Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alister C. McGregor is highlighted in Dec.
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