Stanley Sech
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Sergeant

Stanley Sech

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch February 24, 1963
Age 38
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Stanley Sech was shot and killed as he responded to a domestic disturbance at a local residence at 13475 Dequindre around 2:30 a.m. As Sergeant Sech and two other officers walked up to the front door he was met with a shotgun blast that came through the storm door and struck him in the face. One of the other officers returned fire wounding the suspect, a man who was angry with his wife because she was not home when he got home from work. The suspect was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to prison. He was paroled June 4, 1973. Sergeant Sech had served with the Detroit Police Department for 13 years and was assigned to the 11th Precinct.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Sech gave the Detroit Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Sech.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 24, 1963
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1963, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Stanley was 38. 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. Stanley had served 13 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%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Stanley among them.

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Where

Sergeant Stanley Sech

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch February 24, 1963

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 17-E

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