Jane E. Thompson-Bowman
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Police Officer

Jane E. Thompson-Bowman

Columbus Division of Police — Columbus, OH
Felonious
End of Watch March 9, 1989
Age 36
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Badge 1018
Gender Female

Incident

Officer Jane Thompson-Bowman succumbed to a gunshot wound received eight years earlier. Officer Thompson-Bowman was assisting other officers on a narcotics search warrant when she was shot in the abdomen with a .25 caliber handgun. The wound required 30 surgeries and required her to be hospitalized 60 times before she succumbed to the injury. Officer Thompson-Bowman had served with the Columbus Division of Police for three years at the time of the shooting. She is survived by her husband, daughter, three stepchildren, and mother. Officer Jane Thompson-Bowman was the first female officer with the Columbus Division of Police to be killed in the line of duty.

Survivors

She is survived by her husband, daughter, three stepchildren, and mother.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Thompson-Bowman gave the Columbus Division of Police 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Thompson-Bowman.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Columbus, Franklin County, OH
Platform Identity cdpd.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1989
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 36
Badge Number 1018
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jane is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1989, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jane was 36. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Jane had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.5% 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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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Her people

Columbus Division of Police has 59 officers remembered here, Jane among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman

Columbus Division of Police · End of Watch March 9, 1989

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 42-W

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