Stephen A. Taylor
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Police Officer

Stephen A. Taylor

Pensacola Police Department — Pensacola, FL
Felonious
End of Watch October 19, 1982
Age 26
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Badge 183
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Taylor was shot and killed while responding to a bank robbery at Palafox Street and Gregory Street at 2 pm. The suspect was arrested and sentenced to death. The suspect received a last-minute stay of execution from the US Supreme Court on January 24, 2006, but was later executed by lethal injection on September 20, 2006. Officer Taylor had served with the Pensacola Police Department for three years and previously served with the Escambia County County Department of Corrections.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, parents, brother, and three sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Taylor gave the Pensacola Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pensacola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Taylor.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Platform Identity ppd.escambia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1982
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 26
Badge Number 183
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Stephen 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 1982, 122 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 42nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Stephen was 26. 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. Stephen had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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

Pensacola Police Department has 15 officers remembered here, Stephen among them.

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Where

Police Officer Stephen A. Taylor

Pensacola Police Department · End of Watch October 19, 1982

Where the Name Is Cut

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