Police Officer

Homer Earnest Poore

Birmingham Police Department — Birmingham, AL
Accident
End of Watch June 30, 1936
The Vigil Panel 71 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Poore was stuck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Poore served with the Birmingham Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Poore.

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

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Type Other
Location Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Platform Identity birmpd.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 30, 1936
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Homer is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1936, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Birmingham Police Department has 49 officers remembered here, Homer among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Homer Earnest Poore

Birmingham Police Department · End of Watch June 30, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-W

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