Police Officer

Alonzo E. Bullard

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch November 29, 1883
Age 36
Tour of Duty 7 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Bullard was shot and killed in the evening as he and another officer attempted to arrest a man at a home at 456 Wabash Street for stealing a barrel of oil from a grocery store. The suspect was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on Feb. 26, 1884.

Survivors

Officer Bullard had served with the Detroit Police Department for 7 months and was survived by his wife and three children.

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143 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Bullard served with the Detroit Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 November 29, 1883
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Alonzo is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1883, 43 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 144th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alonzo was 36. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Alonzo had served 0.6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

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

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Where

Police Officer Alonzo E. Bullard

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch November 29, 1883

Where the Name Is Cut

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