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Patrolman

Porter Sanders

Shreveport Police Department — Shreveport, LA
Felonious
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End of Watch March 1, 1912
Age 35
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 29

Incident

Patrolman Porter Sanders was shot to death by a man he was attempting to arrest. Two days later the suspect was shot by the station agent in Stonewall when he refused to surrender, but managed to escape. In January of 1914 he was apprehended in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. A year later a grand jury was convinced the suspect was mentally unbalanced and he had confessed to a murder he did not commit. He was released.

Patrolman Sanders was survived by his wife and five children.

Survivors

Patrolman Sanders was survived by his wife and five children.

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

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

Agency

Department Shreveport Police Department
Type Other
Location Shreveport, Bossier Parish, LA
Platform Identity spd.caddo.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 1, 1912
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Porter 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 1912, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Porter was 35. 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.

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When

March holds 7.5% 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 gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

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His people

Shreveport Police Department has 30 officers remembered here, Porter among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Porter Sanders

Shreveport Police Department · End of Watch March 1, 1912

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-E

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