Barney Jasper
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Patrolman

Barney Jasper

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Felonious
End of Watch January 22, 1924
Age 31
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 9 mo
The Vigil Panel 46 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Barney Jasper was shot in an ambush by unknown assassins at 512 Forest Avenue in Kansas City. It is believed that he was mistaken for another patrolman who had been threatened and assaulted after a bootlegging raid. Patrolman James was shot in the knee and then hit four times in his back. He died the next day from his wounds. His assassin was never captured. Patrolman Jasper had served with the Kansas City Police Department for almost three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Jasper gave the Kansas City Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Jasper.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 22, 1924
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 9 mo
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Barney 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 1924, 225 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 4th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Barney was 31. 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. Barney had served 2.7 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

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Barney among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Barney Jasper

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch January 22, 1924

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 40-W

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