Roy A. Scott
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Patrolman

Roy A. Scott

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN
Felonious
End of Watch February 20, 1936
Age 32
Tour of Duty 2 mo
The Vigil Panel 71 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Roy Scott was shot and killed after he and other officer went to search for a suspect wanted for several streetcar robberies. The officers went to the suspect's house at 1409 Britton Street. Patrolman Scott went to the back and his partner went to the front door. When Patrolman Scott's partner knocked on the door the man jumped out a rear window. Patrolman Scott ordered him to halt, but the man drew a gun and fired several times, killing him. The suspect fled, but detectives tracked him to a South Welington address where he was arrested. He confessed to Patrolman Scott's murder and was executed in the electric chair in 1937.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Scott served with the Memphis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Scott.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch February 20, 1936
Tour of Duty 2 mo
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Roy 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 1936, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Roy was 32. 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. Roy had served 0.2 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

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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

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

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Roy A. Scott

Memphis Police Department · End of Watch February 20, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-W

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