Joe Erber
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Police Officer

Joe Erber

Little Rock Police Department — Little Rock, AR
Felonious
End of Watch June 6, 1920
Age 59
Tour of Duty 27 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Joe Erber was shot and killed after responding to a drunk and disturbance call to a house boat on the river near Lincoln Street. The suspect fled the scene in a motor boat with his two young children but was apprehended several days later. The suspect was sentenced to life and released in 1930. Officer Erber had been with the agency for 27 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and five daughters.

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27 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Erber gave the Little Rock Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Erber.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
Platform Identity lrpd.pulaski.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 6, 1920
Tour of Duty 27 yrs
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joe 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 1920, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joe was 59. 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. Joe had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Little Rock Police Department has 23 officers remembered here, Joe among them.

Police Officer Joe Erber

Little Rock Police Department · End of Watch June 6, 1920

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 64-W

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