Police Department's Memorial's
for St. Joseph County, Indiana
Police Department radio code; 10-42. They have gone home for the final time...

South Bend Police Department. 05/11/1896 Officer Oscar Christensen |
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South Bend Police Department. 11/01/1900 Patrolman Samuel Cooper |
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South Bend Police Department. 02/25/1908 Patrolman Lewis Keller |
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05/22/1916 Officer Hans B. Brandt |
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South Bend Police Department. 01/10/1921 Officer Fred T. Buland |
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South Bend Police Department. 10/25/1923 Officer Neil McIntyre |
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Mishawaka Police Department. 06/10/1930 Patrolman Clarence Casper |
South Bend Police Department. 02/27/1932 Officer Lloyd Thompson |
South Bend Police Department. 05/27/1933 Officer Charles E. Farkas |
South Bend Police Department. 05/27/1933 Officer Delbert Thompson |
South Bend Police Department. 06/30/1934 Patrolman Howard C. Wagner |
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05/25/1962 Mumford, James (Lieutenant) Lieutenant Deputy James William Mumford Biographical Info Incident Details Lieutenant James Mumford was killed in an automobile accident when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree in Lakeville. |
South Bend Police Department. 08/19/1967 Patrolman Ronald R. St. Germain |
South Bend Police Department. 11/14/1974 Corporal Thomas J. DeRue Sr. |
South Bend Police Department. 08/24/1997 Corporal Paul Richard Deguch |
| Mishawaka Police Department. 12-13-2003 Corporal Thomas Roberts Corporal Thomas Roberts and Patrolman Verkler were shot and killed after they responded to a call of shots being fired. The suspect had a dispute with a neighbor, and during the dispute, he fired several rounds into the air prompting residents to call the police. When Patrolman Verkler and Corporal Roberts arrived, they were lead to a house where the suspect was hiding. The officers attempted to lure the suspect out. When the suspect exited the house, he opened fire on the officers, striking them both. Corporal Roberts and Patrolman Verkler were able to return fire and strike the suspect once. Corporal Roberts died at the scene, and Patrolman Verkler was transported to a local hospital where he died two hours later during surgery. After shooting Patrolman Verkler and Corporal Roberts, the wounded suspect shot and killed himself. Corporal Roberts had served with the Mishawaka Police Department for 14 years, and is survived by his two daughters. |
Mishawaka Police Department. 12/13/2003 Bryan Verkler |
South Bend Police Department. 04/23/2006 Corporal Scott Severns Corporal Scott Severns age 36, was shot in an attempted armed robbery April 21, 2006, and succumbed to gunshot wounds April 23, 2006, while attempting to take police action during a robbery when he was off duty. Corporal Severns was walking to his car with a friend when two male juveniles approached and attempted to rob them. One juvenile was armed with a handgun. Corporal Severns drew his gun and stepped in front of his friend as one suspect started firing. Corporal Severns managed to return fire, wounding the juvenile suspect, but not before sustaining several bullet wounds himself. Both juvenile suspects were apprehended and charged. Corporal Severns had served with the South Bend Police Department for eight years, and was selected Officer of the year in 2004. He is survived by his parents and sister. |
South Bend Police Department. 04/24/2007 On 4/24/2007, At 01:39 AM this date, the SBPD Dispatch Center received a call of shots fired in the 1700 block of Lincoln Way East. Officers arriving on the scene were then directed to the Wooden Indian Motel, located at 1631 Lincoln Way East. Moments later the officers were able to locate an armed man and were attempting to detain him when the subject shot both officers. During the encounter, Patrolman Michael Norby was shot and wounded and Corporal Nick S. Polizzotto, a nine year veteran of the South Bend Police Department, was shot and killed. The suspect in this case was also fatally wounded by gunfire during the exchange. |
Roseland police chief killed in hit-and-run crashSUV strikes motorcycle, runs over
victim. |
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May 17, 1967 - Jan 09, 2010Mishawaka Police Cpl. James Szuba, K-9 partner killed in traffic accidentBy HOWARD DUKES |
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Started: January 03, 2006
Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 07:04:43 PM