Leonard Leon Kolodziej
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Officer

Leonard Leon Kolodziej

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ
Felonious
End of Watch September 4, 1991
Age 43
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Badge 2387
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Leonard Kolodziej was shot and killed by a man who sprayed a residential street with gunfire from a high-powered weapon at 4300 N. 20th Street. Officer Kolodziej was the first on the scene and was killed before he exited his patrol vehicle. The suspect then held police at bay for more than five hours before they stormed the house and found the suspect dead. Officer Kolodziej had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 19 years and was ten months from retirement.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, three stepdaughters, a stepson, his mother, and seven grandchildren.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Kolodziej gave the Phoenix Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Kolodziej.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 4, 1991
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Age 43
Badge Number 2387
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Leonard is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1991, 85 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 76th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Leonard was 43. 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. Leonard had served 19 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Phoenix Police Department has 47 officers remembered here, Leonard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Officer Leonard Leon Kolodziej

Phoenix Police Department · End of Watch September 4, 1991

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 23-E

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