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Sidney E. Sears
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Lieutenant

Sidney E. Sears

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO
Felonious
United States flag Missouri flag
End of Watch June 22, 1924
Age 57
Tour of Duty 34 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 175

Incident

Lieutenant Sidney Sears was shot and killed after he and two special officers responded to a disturbance call near Fourteenth Street and Papin Street. When they arrived Lieutenant Sears remained in the patrol car as the two officers went inside. After hearing shots fired the officers ran out of the house and located Lieutenant Sears in the vehicle with six gunshot wounds. The suspect was apprehended nearby and stated he had shot Lieutenant Sears when he ordered him to stop. The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to be hanged. He was granted a new trial and sentenced to life in 1928. He was paroled in 1941. Lieutenant Sears had been with the agency for 34 years and was survived by his wife and son. He was a nationally recognized marksman.

Survivors

Lieutenant Sears had been with the agency for 34 years and was survived by his wife and son.

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34 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Sears gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 34 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Sears.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 22, 1924
Tour of Duty 34 yrs
Age 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon 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 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

Sidney was 57. 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 34 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Sidney among them.

Across the years
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Where

Lieutenant Sidney E. Sears

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch June 22, 1924

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-W

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