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Police Officer

Albert W. Sansom

Montgomery Police Department — Montgomery, AL
Felonious
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End of Watch September 28, 1922
Age 27
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 27

Incident

Police Officer Albert Sansom was shot and killed while responding to a domestic dispute. Two days later, Game Warden George Wilson was shot and killed while searching for Officer Sansom's murderer along with Montgomery County deputies. As a result of the officer's murders the national guard was deployed to subdue mob violence. A man thought to be withholding information about Officer Sanson's killer was lynched. Another man was shot and killed and several men were whipped and beaten.

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

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

Agency

Department Montgomery Police Department
Type Other
Location Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Platform Identity mpd.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 28, 1922
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Albert 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 1922, 228 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 3rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Albert was 27. 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.

Age at death
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Montgomery Police Department has 28 officers remembered here, Albert among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Albert W. Sansom

Montgomery Police Department · End of Watch September 28, 1922

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W

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