Conservation Officer

Cecil Craig Chatman

Felonious
End of Watch November 28, 1982
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Cecil Chatman was killed after being struck on the head in the parking lot of a rural Alabama business. The suspect was sentenced to one year of supervised probation and seven weekends during the first seven months at the County jail.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, brother, and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Conservation Officer Chatman served with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Chatman.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Platform Identity adcnrwffcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 28, 1982
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Cecil 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 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

Cecil was 34. 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.

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

November holds 8.1% 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 person, in 2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries has 10 officers remembered here, Cecil among them.

Conservation Officer Cecil Craig Chatman

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries · End of Watch November 28, 1982

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-E

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