Charles Sleigh "Doc" Carlisle

Wichita Falls Police Dept. — Wichita Falls, TX

Felonious

End of Watch June 29, 1933

Age 30

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Officer Doc Carlisle succumbed to gunshot wounds received two days earlier while he and his partner tried to question a man about an aggravated robbery at 1704 Holliday Road in Wichita Falls at 10:30 pm. The 20-year-old suspect was arrested three days later in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years. His prison job, which was an auto mechanic, allowed him to drive outside of the prison. He was killed in an automobile accident on January 20, 1939. Officer Carlisle had served with the Wichita Falls Police Department for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, stepdaughter, parents, and four sisters.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Wichita Falls Police Dept.

Location Wichita Falls, TX

Platform Identity wfpd.wichita.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 29, 1933

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Deceased

Officer Charles Sleigh "Doc" Carlisle 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 TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Wichita Falls Police Dept., 3 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Wichita Falls Police Dept.

of 7 officers

42.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious