Minor Cudihee
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Minor Cudihee

Tacoma Police Department — Tacoma, WA
Felonious
End of Watch July 30, 1892
Age 24
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Cudihee succumbed to stab wounds to his torso after encountering two drunk men on the sidewalk. He and another officer had just left the Chief's house when they encountered the men. He identified himself as an officer and told the men to move when one of the men suddenly jumped up and stabbed Officer Cudihee under the right arm, severing an artery. The man attempted to stab the other officer as well. The man was arrested but acquitted after 12 minutes of jury deliberation after claiming he did not remember the attack. Officer Cudihee had served with the agency for 2 years.

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134 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Cudihee gave the Tacoma Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tacoma community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
Platform Identity tpd.pierce.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 30, 1892
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Edged weapon

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Minor is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1892, 81 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 82nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Minor was 24. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Minor had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon, in 2.2% of these deaths.

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His people

Tacoma Police Department has 12 officers remembered here, Minor among them.

Officer Minor Cudihee

Tacoma Police Department · End of Watch July 30, 1892

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 3-W

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