Roll Call - April

Sergeant James (Tim) Timothy Chapin
Chattanooga Police Department, Tennessee
EOW: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Kane
Clark County Sheriff's Department, Washington
EOW: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Cause of Death: Stabbing

Deputy Sheriff Eric Stein
Keokuk County Sheriff's Office, Iowa
EOW: Monday, April 4, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Jeffrey Werda
Michigan State Police, Michigan
EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Senior Officer Specialist Christopher Cooper
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons - U.S. Government
EOW: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Cause of Death: Heart Attack

K9 Spike
Anderson County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina
EOW: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Cause of Death: unknown

K9 Grando
Miami Springs Police Department, Florida
EOW: Friday, April 8, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer (ruptured tumor)

K9 King
Abilene Police Department, Texas
EOW: Friday, April 8, 2011
Cause of Death: Health complications (canine version of Multiple Sclerosis)

Correctional Officer Ronald E. (RJ) Johnson
South Dakota Department of Corrections, South Dakota
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Cause of Death: Assault

Patrolman Jonathan Schmidt
Trumann Police Department, Arizona
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Drika
Bryant Police Department, AR
EOW: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Cause of Death: undetermined

K9 Chico
Delaware County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma
EOW: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer

K9 Axon
Hartsville Police Department, South Carolina
EOW: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Cause of Death:

K9 Oldo
Corona Police Department, California
EOW: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer

K9 Ike
Palm Springs Police Department, California
EOW: Sunday, April 17, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire
(I'm unsure if ODMP recognizes canines as officers, so I went ahead and put this up. Ike was with the department for 2 years. You can find the story here: Police K9, Wanted Parolee Killed in Shootout)


Deputy Sheriff Sherri Jones
Bowie County Sheriff's Department, Texas
EOW: Monday, April 18, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Public Safety Officer Eric Zapata
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, Michigan
EOW: Monday, April 18, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Vinni
Tunnel Hill Police Department, Georgia
EOW: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

K9 Baron
South Portland Police Department, Maine
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Cause of Death: Unspecified natural causes

K9 Ilox
Philomath Police Department, Oregon
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Cause of Death: Natural causes

K9 Sabre
Galloway Township Police Department, New Jersey
EOW: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer

Police Officer J. Christopher Kilcullen
Eugene Police Department, Oregon
EOW: Friday, April 22, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Memphis
Hazlet Police Department, New Jersey
EOW: Friday, April 22, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer

Deputy Sheriff Clifton Taylor
Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Texas
EOW: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

K9 Quando
Mercer County Sheriff's Department, (state)
EOW: possibly Saturday, April 23, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer

Police Officer Daryl Hall
St. Louis Police Department, Missouri
EOW: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Lieutenant Wade Sharp
Covington Police Department, Louisiana
EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster, off-duty heroic act

K9 Conan
Austintown Police Department, Ohio
EOW: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Cause of Death: Cancer

K9 Boomer
Manchester Police Department, Connecticut
EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Cause of Death: unknown

K9 Scooby
New York Police Department, New York
EOW: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Cause of Death: Unknown health complications
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