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Haze Burch
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Police Officer

Haze Burch

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ
Felonious
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End of Watch February 5, 1925
Age 41
The Vigil Panel 48 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 46

Incident

Police Officer Haze Burch was shot and killed when he attempted to stop two men from siphoning gasoline from a car at the intersection of 8th Street and Jefferson Street. The two suspects were wanted in Texas for the murder of Deputy Joseph Morgan of the Muskogee County, Oklahoma, Sheriff's Department and in Montana for the murder of Officer Charles Wilson of the Livingston, Montana, Police Department. Both suspects were eventually captured. One of the suspects was convicted in Arizona of murdering Officer Burch and hanged on January 8, 1926. The other brother was convicted in Texas of murdering of Deputy Morgan and was sentenced to life in prison.

Survivors

Officer Burch was survived by his wife and three young children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Burch served with the Phoenix Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Burch.

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

Agency

Department Phoenix Police Department
Type Other
Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 5, 1925
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Haze is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1925, 208 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Haze was 41. 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.

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%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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.

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His people

Phoenix Police Department has 47 officers remembered here, Haze among them.

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Where

Police Officer Haze Burch

Phoenix Police Department · End of Watch February 5, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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