Oscar G. Bodley
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Special Officer

Oscar G. Bodley

Felonious
End of Watch August 29, 1906
Age 47
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Kansas Weapon: Handgun Offender: Not available

Special Officer Oscar Bodley was shot and killed in Ottawa, Kansas, while attempting to arrest a suspect for burglarizing a freight car.

Officer Bodley had served with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Officer Bodley gave the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Topeka community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Officer Bodley.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Topeka, Shawnee County, KS
Platform Identity atsfrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 29, 1906
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Oscar is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1906, 89 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 69th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Oscar was 47. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Oscar had served 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

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department has 32 officers remembered here, Oscar among them.

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Where

Special Officer Oscar G. Bodley

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department · End of Watch August 29, 1906

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-E

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