Boyd Badour
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Police Officer

Boyd Badour

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch April 11, 1926
Age 25
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 1770
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Badour was shot and mortally wounded while searching for two murder suspects at a gambling house at 2036 Saint Aubin Street. Officer Badour entered the house with his gun drawn but was attacked from behind. After struggling with the suspects for several minutes he lost control of his service revolver. He grabbed a revolver belonging to one of the suspects but the gun jammed. The suspects then shot him six times. The two murder suspects he was searching for had robbed and killed a street car conductor minutes earlier. One was never captured and the other was apprehended. The suspect who was apprehended was identified by Officer Badour at the hospital as one of the men who shot him. Officer Badour died two weeks later. The suspect was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to life.

Survivors

Officer Badour had served with the Detroit Police Department for 1 year and was survived by his wife and 9-month-old daughter.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Badour gave the Detroit Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Badour.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 11, 1926
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 25
Badge Number 1770
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Boyd 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 1926, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Boyd was 25. 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. Boyd had served 1 year; 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

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Boyd among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Boyd Badour

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch April 11, 1926

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-E

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