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Dan Richard Seely
Senior Patrol Officer

Dan Richard Seely

Anchorage Police Department — Anchorage, AK
Felonious
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End of Watch October 26, 1996
Age 39
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Badge 803
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 9

Incident

Officer Seely was shot and killed after responding to a home to serve a domestic violence warrant on a man who had shown up at the house of his estranged wife. The man had left the residence by the time Officer Seely had arrived. The suspect then returned and opened fire on Officer Seely inside the home, killing him. The man then chased his family to a nearby house where he shot and killed his two young children and wounded his wife before killing himself. Officer Seely had served with the agency for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife, who was a dispatcher for the agency and was on duty at the time of his murder.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Senior Patrol Officer Seely gave the Anchorage Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Anchorage community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Patrol Officer Seely.

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

Agency

Department Anchorage Police Department
Type Other
Location Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, AK
Platform Identity apd.anchorage.ak.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 26, 1996
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 803
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Dan 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 1996, 79 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 86th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Dan was 39. 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. Dan had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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.

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His people

Anchorage Police Department has 10 officers remembered here, Dan among them.

Across the years

Senior Patrol Officer Dan Richard Seely

Anchorage Police Department · End of Watch October 26, 1996

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 24-E

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