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These pages are dedicated to the Officers who gave their lives in the performance of their duties protecting the citizens of your city.
 Please take a few moments to reflect and thank God that they were there for YOU
Somebody killed a policeman today, and a part of America died. A piece of our country he swore to protect, will be buried with him at his side. The suspect that killed him will stand up in court, with counsel demanding his rights. While a young widowed mother must work for her kids, and spend many long, lonely nights. The beat that he worked was a battlefield too, just as if he'd gone off to war.
 The flag of our nation will fly at half mast, to his name they will add a gold star. Yes, somebody killed a policeman today, in your town or mine. While we slept in comfort behind our locked doors, a cop put his life on the line, Now his ghost walks a beat on a dark city street and he stands at each rookies side. He answered the call, of himself gave his all, And A Part Of America Died
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 Detective EDWARD MCGRATH MORRIS was shot and wounded on March 31, 1901, in a railyard on the southside of Mobile. Detective Morris and Patrolman John Bressingham were attempting to arrest two escaped convicts when the incident occurred.
Detective Morris died of his wounds at 8:30pm on April 1, 1901. Morris was a veteran of 25 years of service with the Mobile Police Department. Detective Morris is the first documented case involving an officer killed in the line of duty since the Mobile Police Department was founded in March 1814.
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 Police Officer JAMES J. SHAW, age 25, was stabbed and killed on December 21, 1924, as he and several other officers investigated a burglary at a grocery store.
Officer Shaw was a veteran of only 18 months with the Mobile Police Department.
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 Police Officer CHRIS M. DEAN was shot and killed early in the morning of January 22, 1926, as he was checking four suspicious men in his beat. Officer Dean suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was never able to draw his weapon.
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 Motorcycle Traffic Officer W.F. (HAPPY) MURPHY was shot and killed on October 18, 1929 at approximately 2:00 am as he was checking a speeding automobile on Broad Street near Conti Street in downtown Mobile.
The suspect vehicle was found later abandoned near Picayune, Mississippi. The automobile had been stolen in Jackson, Mississippi on October 17, 1929.
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 Motorcycle Traffic Officer CODY BETTIS was struck and killed by an automobile which broke through a military convoy that was being escorted through the City of Mobile on August 3, 1938 at 7:00 am.
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