Peter Howard
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Officer

Peter Howard

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Felonious
End of Watch August 16, 1915
Age 44
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Howard was killed after being stabbed by a suspect who refused to be searched. He was escorting the suspect to jail at the time of the incident.

The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. He was pardoned by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson on November 1, 1926.

Survivors

Officer Howard had been with the agency for 25 years and was survived by his wife and child.

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25 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Howard gave the Fort Worth Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Howard.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 16, 1915
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Peter 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 1915, 152 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 26th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Peter was 44. 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. Peter had served 25 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

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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.

Every cause
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His people

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Peter among them.

Across the years

Officer Peter Howard

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch August 16, 1915

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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