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As survivors of line-of-duty death, we volunteer our time and talents to help those who 'join' us after the loss of their law enforcement officer, to navigate their new normal. Funding from outside sources enables Washington State Concerns of Police Survivors to offer survivors professional help through meetings, training for those survivors who are ready to actively support new survivors, family

workshops, and training to law enforcement departments on how to handle a line-of-duty death. We use donations to help survivors attend National Police Week and camps that are specific to their survivor type (parents, siblings, and so on). We also host local survivor events, such as our annual chapter picnic. Unfortunately, many departments have no protocol on what to do when the tragedy of an officer’s death strikes. In these instances, it is harder for the agency to help the surviving families and affected co-workers get through what could be the most difficult crisis of their lives.

Washington State EOW 08/30Please join us to honor our fallen.08/30/1936: Night Marshal Lewis Jacobs, Shelton PDJacobs su...
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08/30/1936: Night Marshal Lewis Jacobs, Shelton PD

Jacobs succumbed to injuries he received when he was beaten outside a tavern on West Railroad Avenue in Shelton on August 23, 1936.

In 1936, the Shelton Police Department officers didn't have uniforms. Marshal Jacobs was attempting to arrest two men for causing a disturbance, when they attacked him. He was repeatedly hit with his blackjack and rendered unconscious. When his son came to his aid, he was also knocked unconscious.

Marshal Jacobs never recovered from his head injuries and died a week later.

Two men were arrested. Charges against both were dropped due to insufficient evidence when the attackers stated that they did not believe Marshal Jacobs was an officer. However, one of the men escaped jail before the trial and was given a year's suspended sentence for escape. Both men were in and out of jail in the next few years throughout the West Coast states.

For more on Night Marshal Jacobs: https://www.masoncounty.com/story/2025/05/29/news/slain-shelton-officer-honored-at-olympia-memorial/5424.html

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Washington State EOW 08/29Please join us to honor our fallen. 08/29/1943: Warden Sherman Handron, Washington Department ...
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08/29/1943: Warden Sherman Handron, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (Humptulips)
08/29/2003: Deputy James Slater, Spokane County Sheriff's Office

*Warden Handron was shot 12 times while attempting to arrest a suspect for transporting illegal elk meat.

*Deputy Slater’s patrol car left a road on a sharp curve. He was responding to back up a fellow officer who was following a stolen car south of Cheney. Slater had spike strips in his car and could have blocked the stolen vehicle if it had attempted to flee into the West Plains area. His car struck a wooden pole head-on, then rolled for 60 to 70 feet before coming to rest in the ditch. Slater was wearing his seat belt and his air bag deployed. He apparently struck his head on a door post. He underwent surgery and was placed on life support before passing away.

For more on Warden Handron: http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/outdoors/hunting/game-warden/washington-game-wardens-killed-itlod.html

For more on Deputy Slater: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2003/aug/31/deputy-dies-injuries-crash/

Washington State EOW 08/28Please join us to honor our fallen.08/28/1997: Officer William Lowry, Tacoma Police Department...
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08/28/1997: Officer William Lowry, Tacoma Police Department
08/28/2010: Officer Matthew Tokuoka, Hoonah (AK) PD
08/28/2015: Trooper James Bava, Missouri State Highway Patrol (MO)

*At 6:30 AM on August 28, 1997, Tacoma Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT)
Team members responded to 1026 East 57th Street where Sap Kray, a 45-year-old Cambodian immigrant, was threatening his wife with a rifle. The SWAT Team, which included Officer William Lowry, surrounded Kray's residence and began negotiations with Kray. At 10 AM, Kray indicated that he would surrender, but when Officer Lowry and other SWAT Team members approached the front door, Kray opened fire on them with a 7.62 caliber SKS assault rifle, killing Officer Lowry.

*Officer Matthew Tokuoka (with survivors in Washington State) and Sergeant Anthony Wallace were ambushed and killed by a lone gunman. Officer Tokuoka, who was off duty, was in his car with his family when he stopped to talk to Sergeant Wallace who was standing outside his vehicle. Wallace was shot first. Officer Tokuoka went to render aid and was then shot.

*Trooper James Bava, with survivors in Washington State, was killed in a one-vehicle traffic crash. At 8:29 a.m., Bava radioed he observed a motorcyclist commit a traffic violation. A few minutes later, communications operators at Troop F Headquarters in Jefferson City attempted to contact Bava by radio and did not receive a response. At 8:35 a.m., Troop F received a report regarding a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle being involved in a single vehicle crash. Emergency responders arrived on the scene and confirmed Trooper. Bava had been killed in the crash.

Officer Lowry's daughter Frannie spoke at the Pierce County Law Enforcement Memorial Service in 2016: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article77235387.html

For more on Officer Tokuoka, with survivors in Washington State: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57889481/matthew-dean-tokuoka

For more on Trooper Bava, with survivors in Washington State: https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/UltimateSacrifice/OfficerPages/trooperJamesBava.html

Washington State EOW 08/27Please join us to honor our fallen.08/27/1973: Officer Roy Bradshaw, Colville Tribal PD08/27/1...
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08/27/1973: Officer Roy Bradshaw, Colville Tribal PD
08/27/1986: Sgt. Louis Millard, Colville Tribal PD

*Officer Bradshaw was shot and killed while attempting to talk to a mentally disabled man who was barricaded in his home. The man had begun shooting at cars and people without provocation before barricading himself. Officer Bradshaw knew the family and believed he could talk the man out. As he approached the door, the suspect opened fire, killing him.

*Sergeant Millard was shot and killed while he and another officer attempted to arrest a man who had escaped from police custody. The man had been arrested earlier in the night and was taken to a hospital after complaining about chest pains as a result of resisting the earlier arrest. The man's son assisted the suspect in escaping from the hospital and the two fled pursuing officers until their vehicle crashed.

The suspects fled on foot carrying a bag of weapons. An officer who had been posted to observe their home saw the two approach and called for assistance. Sergeant Millard and other responding officers began to approach the home but were ambushed by the suspects who were hiding behind a chicken coop. The suspects fired flares in the air to illuminate the area where the officers were. Sergeant Millard was shot in the chest, just above his vest, and another officer was struck in the back. The other officer attempted to pull Sergeant Millard out of the line of fire but was unable to do so. Medical assistance was unable to reach Sergeant Millard, and he died at the scene.

Both officers were honored in a 2019 remembrance for fallen officers: http://www.tribaltribune.com/news/article_22fa853a-78b5-11e9-b561-07dcb601cecd.html

For more on Millard: https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1991/55948-1-1.html

Washington State EOW 08/26.Please join us to honor our fallen. 08/26/1984: Officer Martin Clarke, Chicago Police Departm...
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08/26/1984: Officer Martin Clarke, Chicago Police Department (IL)

On August 26, 1984, at 11:30 p.m., Officer Clarke (with survivors in Washington State) and his partner, Patrolman Ricardo Mancha, were working their beat. As their squad car passed 13th Street they were broadsided by an Eastbound motorist who was traveling at a high rate of speed and failed to stop at the stop sign. The squad car was struck on the driver's side rear quarter panel causing the car to go into a spin. It then jumped the Northeast curb and came to rest 20 to 30 feet into a vacant lot. Officer Clarke was ejected from the car through the driver's window and came to rest six to eight feet from the squad car. He sustained serious injuries and was decapitated.

Officer Mancha was thrown from the passenger seat into the rear of the squad car and became pinned in. He was transported to Cook County Hospital and was treated for injuries to his shoulder, abdomen and spleen. He was later discharged and made a full recovery.

For more on Officer Clarke, with survivors in Washington State: https://cpdmemorial.org/fallen-officers/patrolman-martin-paul-clarke-star-13453/

Washington State EOW 08/24Please join us as we honor our fallen.08/24/1912: Marshal Grant Dickinson, Tekoa PD08/24/1912:...
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08/24/1912: Marshal Grant Dickinson, Tekoa PD
08/24/1912: Deputy John Eastep, Whitman County Sheriff's Office

Patrick Collins and C.E. Lewis went to Curley’s Bar They joined in a poker game with the proprietor, Milford “Curley” Gardner, and others. In the early morning hours, an argument broke out and Collins reportedly hit Gardner. The proprietor then went behind his bar, came back with a gun, and struck Collins.

Collins was later discovered beside a telegraph pole in the Tekoa railroad yard, taken to jail and then to a Tekoa Hotel where he died. The death of Collins caused the Tekoa City council to convene in an emergency session and approve revocation of the liquor license for Curley’s Bar.

Marshal Dickinson and Deputy Eastep headed for the bar to serve notice.
They were met enroute by Curley’s brother, Ernest “Palouse” Gardner, who had earlier attended the emergency council session in a drunken condition and was told to leave. He accompanied them to the saloon, went around behind the bar and grabbed a short 30-30 repeating rifle.

Gardner fatally shot Deputy Eastep and Marshal Dickinson. He then shot himself in the head. For more: https://www.wcgazette.com/story/2012/08/23/news/horrifying-sight-at-curleys-poker-game-at-tekoa-saloon-in-1912-led-to-the-violent-deaths-of-four-men/10653.html

Washington State EOW 08/22Please join us to honor our fallen.08/22/1940: Marshal Artis Chitty, U.S. Marshals (Tacoma)On ...
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08/22/1940: Marshal Artis Chitty, U.S. Marshals (Tacoma)

On August 22, 1940, Joseph P. Cretzer and Arnold T. Kyle, on trial in U.S. District Court for escaping from the McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, attacked U.S. Marshal Artis J. Chitty in a detention cell at the Federal Building in Tacoma. The prisoners knocked Marshal Chitty onto the floor and attempted to steal his revolver but were quickly subdued by prison guards. Ten minutes after the struggle, Marshal Chitty collapsed and shortly thereafter was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined that his death was due to a coronary thrombosis (blood clot), ostensibly caused by the altercation.

Marshal Chitty had been involved in the hunt for the murderer of INS Inspector Charles Flach (EOW 05/28/1936). For more: http://www.historylink.org/File/10277

Washington State EOW 08/21Please join us to honor our fallen. 08/21/1931: Officer William Maguire, City of Pullman Polic...
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08/21/1931: Officer William Maguire, City of Pullman Police Department

Officer Maguire was killed after interrupting a burglary while checking on storage lockers at State Street and Whitman Street. Two males were arrested in relation to the burglary but were never charged with the murder of Officer Maguire due to a lack of evidence.

For more on Officer Maguire: https://www.odmp.org/officer/8443-officer-william-j-maguire

Washington State EOW 08/20Please join us to honor our fallen.08/20/2021: Officer Darryl Goodrich, Jr., Washington State ...
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08/20/2021: Officer Darryl Goodrich, Jr., Washington State Department of Corrections (Aberdeen)

Correctional Officer Goodrich passed away after an extraordinary fight against COVID while working at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center.

During high school, Darryl found his love of law enforcement as a Cadet at the Centralia Police Department. In 2001, he became a Correctional Officer (CO) at Green Hill Juvenile Facility. Later in life, he served as a CO at the Nisqually Jail and functioned as a Gaming Agent for the Nisqually Tribe. In June 2020, he became a CO at the Stafford Creek Correctional Facility.

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