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Claude Brice
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Patrolman

Claude Brice

Joplin Police Department — Joplin, MO
Felonious
United States flag Missouri flag
End of Watch December 31, 1904
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
The Vigil Panel 48 · Column 4 · Line 1 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 20

Incident

Patrolman Claude Brice was shot and killed while investigating a burglary. He had gone to a business after receiving information that a burglary was to take place that night. He observed three suspicious men and began to chase them along Main Street, two blocks from the police station. One of the men opened fire, fatally wounding him near the intersection of Main Street and Second Street. Three men were arrested for Patrolman Brice's murder and sentenced to long prison terms. Two of the men later escaped. Patrolman Brice's killer, one of the men who escaped, had been sentenced to 40 years in prison. On February 27th, 1905, he was captured in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was granted a new trial, convicted of second-degree murder, and sentenced to 55 years. He was paroled in 1919. Patrolman Brice had served with the Joplin Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Brice gave the Joplin Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Joplin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Brice.

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

Agency

Department Joplin Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Joplin, Jasper County, MO
Platform Identity jpd.jasper.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1904
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Claude 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 1904, 82 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 78th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Claude had served 2 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 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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
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His people

Joplin Police Department has 21 officers remembered here, Claude among them.

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Where

Patrolman Claude Brice

Joplin Police Department · End of Watch December 31, 1904

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-W

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