Mobile Police Department
The Mobile Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Mobile, Alabama.
Rank structure
Fallen Officers
Since the establishment of the Mobile Police Department, there have been 20 Officers killed in the line of duty.Rank | Name | Date of Death | Cause of Death | Age | Location |
Officer | Edward McGrath Morris | 04-01-1901 | Succumbed to wounds sustained the day before while he and his partner attempted to arrest 2 escaped felons | 52 | In a rail yard in south Mobile, Alabama |
Officer | Charles Haggerty | 12-30-1903 | Shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person | 48 | On Royal Street, in between Government Street and Conti Street |
Officer | James J. Shaw | 12-21-1924 | Stabbed and killed while investigating a robbery at a local grocery store | 25 | N/A |
Officer | Christopher M. Dean | 01-22-1926 | Shot and killed while investigating 4 suspicious men | 56 | N/A |
Officer | W.J. "Happy" Murphy | 10-18-1929 | Shot and killed while on traffic stop with a speeding and stolen vehicle | N/A | On Broad Street, near Conti Street |
Officer | Edward P. DeFord | 10-31-1935 | Succumbed to injuries sustained the day before after being shot while escorting non-union workers across picket lines during the Gulf Coast Longshoreman's strike | N/A | In the Port of Mobile, Alabama |
Officer | Cody Bettis | 08-03-1938 | Struck and killed while on his motorcycle by a car that broke through a military convoy that was going through the city | N/A | N/A |
Officer | Ollie Mason | 06-15-1943 | Shot and killed while on scene at a domestic complaint call | N/A | On South Hamilton Street |
Officer | Pierce Lee "Rudy" Reeves | 09-24-1944 | Killed after his motorcycle struck an open manhole which threw him on the road | 32 | Intersection of Virginia Street and Tuttle Avenue |
Officer | Earl Royce Williams | 06-24-1968 | Succumbed to injuries sustained on 06-21-1968 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while directing traffic around an earlier crash | 32 | On the Cochrane Causeway |
Police Officer | Joseph Pickens Brunson, Jr. | 05-15-1975 | Killed in a motorcycle crash after losing control and striking a mailbox | N/A | On Howell's Ferry Road |
Patrolman | Henry Johnny Booth | 08-14-1979 | Shot and killed while serving a warrant; a fight began and the suspect got Booth's revolver and shot him | 30 | In the Plateau community of Mobile, Alabama |
Corporal | Julius Norman Schulte | 04-18-1985 | Shot and killed during a domestic violence call involving a missing child | N/A | N/A |
Officer | Douglas Emil Kountz, Jr. | 05-02-1992 | Killed in a car crash after hitting a power pole while responding to back-up an Officer | 40 | N/A |
Corporal | Owen Patrick McClinton | 12-13-1996 | Struck and killed on his motorcycle by a hit-and-run driver while responding to a traffic assignment | 36 | Intersection of Government Street and Mohawk Street |
Corporal | Rufus Earle Brown | 03-23-1997 | Succumbed to injuries sustained on 02-23-1993 after being beaten against the curb by a drunk man at Mardi Gras | 53 | Intersection of Government Street and South Dearborn Street |
Corporal | Alan Matthew Thompson | 02-12-2004 | Succumbed to injuries sustained the day before after being struck by a vehicle while working the scene of an earlier crash | 43 | In the 4600 block of Spring Hill Avenue |
Police Officer | Brandon Nykori Sigler | 06-02-2009 | Shot and killed while investigating a disorderly incident | 26 | In the parking lot of the Tyler Ridge Apartments on Thomas Road |
Police Officer | Steven Caserlos Dion Green, Sr. | 02-03-2012 | Killed after being stabbed while walking a prisoner into the city jail | 36 | Outside the Mobile City Jail |
Officer | Justin Taylor Billa | 02-20-2018 | Shot and killed after responding to help arrest a man who just killed his ex-wife | 27 | In the 2000 block of Avondale Court in Mobile, Alabama |
Officer | Sean Tuder | 01-20-2019 | Shot and killed during a struggle with a violent suspect while working an undercover assignment. | - | - |