James S. Peters
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Police Officer

James S. Peters

Tulsa Police Department — Tulsa, OK
Felonious
End of Watch April 14, 1949
Age 76
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Peters was shot and killed while checking a lumber yard on 40th Street. The case has never been solved.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Tulsa, Osage County, OK
Platform Identity tpd.tulsa.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 1949
Age 76
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

James 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 1949, 65 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 113th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 76. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Tulsa Police Department has 42 officers remembered here, James among them.

Police Officer James S. Peters

Tulsa Police Department · End of Watch April 14, 1949

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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