Harold Franklin Baird, Jr.

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX

Felonious

End of Watch August 19, 2000

Age 38

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 94

Incident

Senior Corporal Harold Baird was killed after the patrol car he was riding in was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 3000 block of South Lamar Street.

Corporal Baird, a field training officer, and his trainee were responding to assist another officer in a pursuit of a stolen car. The officers were driving down a straight stretch of road at approximately 70 mph, with their emergency lights and siren on. Another vehicle turned from its lane and struck the rear of the patrol car.

Upon impact, one of the rear tires burst causing the officer to lose control. The vehicle spun around and struck a utility pole on the passenger side, where Corporal Baird was riding. The suspect then stopped and used a pay phone. Then he picked up his bumper out of the roadway and fled the scene, but was captured later in the day.

Corporal Baird was transported to a local hospital where he died approximately three hours later.

The 45-year-old suspect was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $3,000. With his credit for time served awaiting trial he was out in three months.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Corporal Baird gave the Dallas Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corporal Baird.

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

Agency

Department Dallas Police Department

Location Dallas, TX

Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 2000

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Senior Corporal Harold Franklin Baird, Jr. 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 Dallas Police Department, 55 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.9% of this agency's fallen.

Dallas Police Department

of 95 officers

57.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious