Ralph Hinds
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Patrolman

Ralph Hinds

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Felonious
End of Watch May 17, 1929
Age 31
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Hinds was shot after responding to a domestic violence call at 1409 Brooklyn Avenue. As Patrolman Hinds and his partner stepped onto the porch of the house the suspect appeared in the doorway. He was wearing a derby hat, smoking a cigar, and held a suitcase in his left hand, his right hand hidden behind his back. As the Patrolman Hinds neared him, he brought out his right hand, which was holding an automatic pistol. He shot Patrolman Hinds once in each leg, and as he fell, he shot him in the back. He then shot his partner in the leg and fled through the back of the house. A group of officers, volunteers, and bloodhounds searched for the suspect, who had got away after shooting the officers. The suspect was apprehended within hours. The 54-year-old suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Two years later his death sentence was suspended indefinitely after he was adjudged insane and sent to the state asylum. On August 2, 1933, he escaped from the asylum. On September 25, 1941, he was captured in Pontiac, Michigan. In 1958 he died in the state mental hospital. Patrolman Hinds had been with the agency for 5 years.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 17, 1929
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Ralph is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 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

Ralph was 31. 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. Ralph had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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
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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Ralph among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Ralph Hinds

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch May 17, 1929

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-W

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