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Guy Sydney Saint
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Patrolman

Guy Sydney Saint

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN
Felonious
United States flag Tennessee flag
End of Watch January 7, 1920
Age 31
Tour of Duty 4 yrs 4 mo
Badge 21
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 93

Incident

Patrolman Guy Saint succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day while attempting to arrest a suspect for burglary. He was walking to the call box at the corner of Vance Avenue and Lauderdale Street to check with headquarters before returning there. When Patrolman Saint approached the corner he observed a man attempting to cop open the door to a drug store with an axe. Patrolman Saint drew his weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the axe. As he issued commands a shot was fired from behind Patrolman Saint. The bullet struck Patrolman Saint in the right shoulder and lodged against his spine. He fell to the ground paralyzed but was able to get a full description of one suspect, and a partial description of the other. Patrolman Saint was taken to the hospital where he died the next day. Two days later one suspect was arrested in Tennessee. The gunman was later arrested for highway robbery in Illinois. He was convicted of robbery, served a term in the Illinois State Penitentiary, was paroled in December of 1927, and turned over to Tennessee authorities. Patrolman Saint served with the Memphis Police Department for more than four years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Saint gave the Memphis Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Saint.

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

Agency

Department Memphis Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 7, 1920
Tour of Duty 4 yrs 4 mo
Age 31
Badge Number 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Guy 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 1920, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Guy 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. Guy had served 4.3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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
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His people

Memphis Police Department has 94 officers remembered here, Guy among them.

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Where

Patrolman Guy Sydney Saint

Memphis Police Department · End of Watch January 7, 1920

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-W

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