Berisford Wayne Anderson
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Police Officer

Berisford Wayne Anderson

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA
Felonious
End of Watch February 5, 1994
Age 37
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Badge 2808
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Berisford Anderson was shot and killed while off-duty by a person he stopped for driving the wrong way down a one-way street outside 107 Spencer Street. Officer Anderson had just gotten off duty and had changed into civilian clothes and taken his ballistic vest off. He confronted a man, who, unknown to Anderson, was wanted on outstanding warrants out of Framingham, Massachusetts. The male had been speeding the wrong way down a one-way street after hitting another vehicle and driving away in a stolen vehicle. When Officer Anderson identified himself as a police officer, the male pulled out a handgun and shot Officer Anderson point-blank in the chest. A Boston Police Department officer returning to Boston from a funeral for Chief of Police Robert J. Mortell apprehended the killer a short time later. The 18-year-old suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Officer Anderson had served with the Boston Police Department for 14 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and five children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Anderson gave the Boston Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Anderson.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA
Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 5, 1994
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 37
Badge Number 2808
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Berisford 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 1994, 93 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 59th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Berisford was 37. 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. Berisford had served 14 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Boston Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Berisford among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Berisford Wayne Anderson

Boston Police Department · End of Watch February 5, 1994

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-E

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