Daniel Bascomb Talley

Fayette County Sheriff's Department — Somerville, TN

Felonious

End of Watch December 11, 1969

Age 56

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Chief Deputy Talley and an agent from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation responded to an address in an effort to apprehend a wanted subject. When the officers arrived at the home, they were met by the suspect's, father who told them that the suspect was not at home. The father allowed the officers to search his home. While the officers searched, the father went into another room, grabbed a shotgun and fatally shot Chief Deputy Sheriff Talley. The agent returned fire, killing the subject. The fugitive they were searching for was not present. Chief Deputy Talley had served with the agency for only 1 year.

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You barely got started.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Talley gave the Fayette County Sheriff's Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Somerville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Deputy Sheriff Talley.

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

Agency

Department Fayette County Sheriff's Department

Location Somerville, TN

Platform Identity fcso.fayette.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 11, 1969

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Not available

Chief Deputy Sheriff Daniel Bascomb Talley 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 TN, 498 of 769 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.8% of this state's fallen. That is 10.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Fayette County Sheriff's Department, 5 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 83.3% of this agency's fallen.

Fayette County Sheriff's Department

of 6 officers

83.3% Felonious

TN — Statewide

498

of 769 officers

64.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious