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Craig Scott
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Patrolman

Craig Scott

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch January 10, 1893
Age 36
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 3 mo
Badge 248
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Craig Scott succumbed to a gunshot sustained five days earlier while attempting to arrest a police officer from a neighboring department who had been brandishing a handgun in an immoral house at 87 Longworth Street. Patrolman Scott was walking past the house when a female ran outside and told him a drunk man was brandishing a revolver inside while threatening the occupants. Patrolman Scott entered the house and confronted the man, who identified himself as a police officer. He attempted to quiet the man down and was able to coax him out of the house into an adjacent alley. As Patrolman Scott continued to try to quiet the man down the man shot him in the leg. The two began to struggle and Patrolman Scott was able to disarm the man and subdue him. He dragged the subject to a police call box at a nearby intersection and called for assistance. Both men were transported to a local hospital. Patrolman Scott's wound was not believed to be serious, but he contracted blood poisoning and died five days later. The man who shot him was charged with murder following his death. Patrolman Scott had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for six years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Scott gave the Cincinnati Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Cincinnati Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 1893
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 3 mo
Age 36
Badge Number 248
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Craig 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 1893, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Craig was 36. 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. Craig had served 6.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 8% 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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Craig among them.

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Where

Patrolman Craig Scott

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch January 10, 1893

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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