Stephen Allen Faulkner
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Police Officer

Stephen Allen Faulkner

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Accident
End of Watch December 1, 1992
Age 35
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Badge 1718
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Stephen Faulkner and Sergeant Jack Shepley were killed when their helicopter crashed during a routine surveillance flight at 8:51 pm. Officer Faulkner died on the scene. Sergeant Shepley succumbed to his wounds at the Truman Medical Center. Officer Faulkner had served with the Kansas City Police Department for 10 years and previously served with the St. Joseph Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two sons, parents, two brothers, three sisters, and grandfather.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Faulkner gave the Kansas City Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Faulkner.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 1, 1992
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 35
Badge Number 1718
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Stephen is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1992, 60 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 73rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Stephen was 35. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Stephen had served 12 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

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Stephen among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Stephen Allen Faulkner

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch December 1, 1992

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-E

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