Sidney Clarence Crews
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Officer

Sidney Clarence Crews

Miami Police Department — Miami, FL
Felonious
End of Watch April 25, 1929
Age 44
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Badge 7
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Sidney Crews succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day when he was shot by an inmate with his own service revolver inside the city jail. He and another officer had entered a cell block in order to kill rats with air rifles after inmates complained about a rat infestation. One of the wounded rats ran underneath a table and, as Officer Crews bent down to pick it up, an inmate grabbed his service revolver and started shooting. One bullet shattered Officer Crews' right arm and a second bullet struck his hip. A detective who was in another section of the jail shot and killed the inmate. Officer Crews had served with the Miami Police Department for eight years and was assigned to the city jail.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Crews gave the Miami Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Miami community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Crews.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL
Platform Identity mpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 25, 1929
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 44
Badge Number 7
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Officer's handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Sidney is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1929, 205 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 12th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Sidney was 44. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Sidney had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
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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 officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Miami Police Department has 39 officers remembered here, Sidney among them.

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Where

Officer Sidney Clarence Crews

Miami Police Department · End of Watch April 25, 1929

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-E

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