Harvey Edgar Correll
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Detective

Harvey Edgar Correll

Charlotte Police Department — Charlotte, NC
Felonious
End of Watch January 22, 1929
Age 40
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Correll was shot and killed while he and his partner searched a home for stolen goods. The suspect was later apprehended near Greer, South Carolina. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 to 30 years. On August 19, 1931, he escaped from a prison farm in Wake County. Six days later he was shot in the leg and captured by a posse near Greer, South Carolina, after he and another escapee attacked a man and robbed him of his money. Detective Correll had been with the agency for just under five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and five children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Correll gave the Charlotte Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Charlotte community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Correll.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Platform Identity charpd.mecklenburg.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 22, 1929
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harvey 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 1929, 205 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 12th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harvey was 40. 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. Harvey had served 5 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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Charlotte Police Department has 18 officers remembered here, Harvey among them.

Detective Harvey Edgar Correll

Charlotte Police Department · End of Watch January 22, 1929

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-E

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