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OFFICER |
RANK |
DEPARTMENT |
D.O.D. |
| 1. |
Moore, Thomas D. |
Patrolman |
Muscatine Police Department |
07-12-1869 |
| 2. |
Lyman, Gaylord |
Sheriff |
Lucas County Sheriff's Office |
07-10-1870 |
| 3. |
Logan, Albert M. |
Officer |
Ottumwa Police Department |
06-28-1875 |
| 4. |
Scanlon, Peter |
Constable |
Dubuque County Sheriff's Office |
07-13-1880 |
| 5. |
Shepherd, Francis Marion |
Constable |
Westfield Township, Fayette County |
09-07-1882 |
| 6. |
McDaniel, William B. |
Captain |
Cedar Rapids Police Department |
01-07-1885 |
| 7. |
Ramsey, William B. |
Sheriff |
Lucas County Sheriff's Office |
06-28-1889 |
| 8. |
Wishart, Elijah Edward |
Officer |
Des Moines Police Department |
07-01-1891 |
| 9. |
Frith, Jake |
Officer |
Milwaukee Railroad Police Dept. |
04-14-1893 |
| 10. |
Talcott, Henry |
Officer |
Milwaukee Railroad Police Dept. |
04-14-1893 |
| 11. |
Larson, Peter John |
Marshal |
Dayton Police Department |
01-03-1894 |
| 12. |
Whitney, Abner |
Marshal |
Missouri Valley Police Department |
04-28-1894 |
| 13. |
Neibert, Jacob |
Officer |
Muscatine Police Department |
06-13-1896 |
| 14. |
Meisner, Albert |
Patrolman |
Dubuque Police Department |
09-30-1896 |
| 15. |
Finley, John H. |
Marshal |
Morning Sun Police Department |
10-05-1896 |
| 16. |
Doxsie, Pitt McClellan |
Policeman |
Independence Police Department |
10-26-1897 |
| 17. |
Lodine, Charles Johan |
Marshal |
Albert City Police Department |
11-23-1901 |
| 18. |
Smith, Rolland P. |
Officer |
Chelsea Police Department |
12-05-1901 |
| 19. |
Swearingen, John |
Marshal |
Jefferson Police Department |
06-21-1902 |
| 20. |
Strain,
William E. |
Sheriff |
Monona
County Sheriff's Office |
09-05-1902 |
| 21. |
Norton,
Daniel |
Policeman |
Dubuque
Police Department |
07-06-1904 |
| 22. |
Platner, Charles C. |
Patrolman |
Council Bluffs Police Department |
09-03-1905 |
| 23. |
Wilson, George W. |
Detective |
Council Bluffs Police Department |
07-29-1907 |
| 24. |
Nicholson, Thomas |
Marshal |
Gowrie Police Department |
07-11-1908 |
| 25. |
Widmann,
Fred P. |
Patrolman |
Waterloo
Police Department |
10-11-1908 |
| 26. |
Delmege,
Frank |
Detective |
Des
Moines Police Department |
09-20-1909 |
| 27. |
Hatton,
Patrick J. |
Marshal |
Carroll
Police Department |
11-02-1909 |
| 28. |
Woolman, Clarence |
Deputy |
Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office |
03-25-1911 |
| 29. |
Butcher, George M. |
Marshal |
Missouri Valley Police Department |
08-16-1911 |
| 30. |
Gerischer,
Theodore E. |
Patrolman |
Muscatine
Police Department |
11-26-1911 |
| 31. |
Gillin,
Charles P. |
Patrolman |
Cedar
Rapids Police Department |
01-04-1913 |
| 32. |
Arends,
Henry J. |
Patrolman |
Cedar
Rapids Police Department |
04-26-1914 |
| 33. |
Herzog,
Frank A. |
Deputy |
Chickasaw
County Sheriff's Office |
04-16-1916 |
| 34. |
Speth,
Emil Arthur |
Patrolman |
Davenport
Police Department |
01-26-1917 |
| 35. |
Hanshaw, William Ross |
Marshal |
Fairfield Police Department |
08-01-1917 |
| 36. |
Mattern,
George W. |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
05-12-1918 |
| 37. |
Jackson,
Charles Chester |
Chief |
Des
Moines Police Department |
12-16-1918 |
| 38. |
Britton,
James Garfield |
Chief of Det. |
Sioux
City Police Department |
07-22-1919 |
| 39. |
McCarthy,
Cornelius J. |
Detective |
Des
Moines Police Department |
09-29-1919 |
| 40. |
Goodenbour,
William |
Policeman |
Waterloo
Police Department |
07-01-1920 |
| 41. |
Myers,
John Kerr |
Marshal |
Stuart
Police Department |
03-30-1921 |
| 42. |
Conway,
John P. |
Deputy
Marshal |
Carroll
Police Department |
05-23-1921 |
| 43. |
Wilson,
Francis |
Patrolman |
Cedar
Rapids Police Department |
07-29-1921 |
| 44. |
Murray, Robert G. |
Special Officer |
Union Pacific Railroad Police Dept |
10-14-1921 |
| 45. |
Jones,
Lewis R. |
Deputy |
Woodbury
County Sheriff's Office |
12-19-1921 |
| 46. |
Smith, Frank |
Deputy |
Clay County Sheriff's Office |
08-09-1924 |
| 47. |
Shoemaker, Allen F. |
Special Officer |
Union Pacific Railroad Police Dept |
05-17-1925 |
| 48. |
Margretz,
Vinton Jerry |
Policeman |
Waterloo
Police Department |
06-07-1925 |
| 49. |
Agnew,
Henry |
Marshal |
Emmetsburg
Police Department |
06-11-1925 |
| 50. |
Mommer, Frank |
Marshal |
Traer - Tama County |
08-14-1925 |
| 51. |
Thomas,
Ollie D. |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
08-20-1925 |
| 52. |
Case, Orrin L. |
Deputy |
Harrison County Sheriff's Office. |
09-16-1925 |
| 53. |
Pickett,
Gerald D. |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
09-24-1925 |
| 54. |
Hemmer,
Leo |
Deputy |
Dubuque
County Sheriff's Office |
10-12-1925 |
| 55. |
Collings,
Newton Fred |
Sheriff |
Union
County Sheriff's Office |
03-09-1926 |
| 56. |
Leeney,
Edward M. |
Patrolman |
Iowa
City Police Department |
04-29-1926 |
| 57. |
Koch,
Johannes F. |
Officer |
Clinton
Police Department |
08-04-1926 |
| 58. |
Marshall, Dewey |
Deputy |
Polk County Sheriff's Office |
10-30-1926 |
| 59. |
Feely,
Joseph Clement |
Captain |
Burlington
Police Department |
12-18-1926 |
| 60. |
McConnell,
Clint |
Deputy |
Decatur
County Sheriff's Office |
07-08-1927 |
| 61. |
Staggs,
James A. |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
04-20-1928 |
| 62. |
Geerts,
Bernard Herman |
Officer |
Davenport
Police Department |
07-16-1928 |
| 63. |
Dayton, Louis H. |
Deputy |
Clay County Sheriff's Office |
03-20-1929 |
| 64. |
Wahlert, Ernest Henry |
Sheriff |
Hancock County Sheriff's Office |
02-04-1930 |
| 65. |
Hanfeld,
Henry |
Marshal |
Dyersville
Police Department |
03-15-1930 |
| 66. |
Bailey,
Aaron |
Marshal |
Washington
Police Department |
06-25-1930 |
| 67. |
Sweet,
William Fred |
Sheriff |
Washington
County Sheriff's Office |
06-25-1930 |
| 68. |
Ogilvie,
Harry |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
07-12-1930 |
| 69. |
Shepherd,
Rupert L. |
Sergeant |
Des
Moines Police Department |
08-01-1930 |
| 70. |
Sproat,
Robert G. |
Deputy |
Cedar
County Sheriff's Office |
08-08-1930 |
| 71. |
Untied,
Virgil G. |
Marshal |
Minburn
Police Department |
07-25-1931 |
| 72. |
Wright,
George Alden |
Patrolman |
Mount
Pleasant Police Department |
12-03-1931 |
| 73. |
Cowart,
James Joshua |
Sergeant |
Des
Moines Police Department |
12-07-1931 |
| 74. |
Booton,
Harry Linn |
Sergeant |
Des
Moines Police Department |
12-11-1932 |
| 75. |
Dilworth,
Wendell Fay |
Deputy |
Black
Hawk County Sheriff's Office |
12-16-1932 |
| 76. |
Swatta,
M. Anthony |
Marshal |
W. Des Moines Police Department. |
03-01-1933 |
| 77. |
Sauer,
Frederick William |
Captain |
Burlington
Police Department |
05-27-1934 |
| 78. |
Howard,
Steven Tabor |
Captain |
Des
Moines Police Department |
03-02-1935 |
| 79. |
Miller,
Wilbur B. "Webb" |
Sergeant |
Council
Bluffs Police Department |
05-01-1935 |
| 80. |
Pape,
Oran H. |
Trooper |
Iowa
State Patrol |
04-30-1936 |
| 81. |
O'Malley,
James Leo |
Sheriff |
Hamilton
County Sheriff's Office |
08-01-1938 |
| 82. |
Fry,
Leland Alvin "Sam" |
Sheriff |
Benton
County Sheriff's Office |
11-05-1938 |
| 83. |
Lennon,
Elmer James |
Marshal |
Postville
Police Department |
11-09-1939 |
| 84. |
McGriff,
Charles Vernon |
Sheriff |
Story
County Sheriff's Office |
10-21-1941 |
| 85. |
Schane,
George Wesley |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
05-04-1942 |
| 86. |
Baggs,
Maurice M. |
Cons.
Officer |
Department
of Natural Resources |
07-04-1942 |
| 87. |
Crawford,
Cecil M. |
Sheriff |
Page
County Sheriff's Office |
04-10-1943 |
| 88. |
Bulman,
Leonard James |
Sheriff |
Allamakee
County Sheriff's Office |
01-19-1946 |
| 89. |
Grady, Menzo C. |
Asst. Chief |
Muscatine Police Department |
07-04-1947 |
| 90. |
Binegar,
Warren Harley |
Patrolman |
Grinnell
Police Department |
08-29-1948 |
| 91. |
Klinkefus,Harold Emmerson |
Trooper |
Iowa
State Patrol |
05-18-1949 |
| 92. |
Juhl,
Norman Dale |
Patrolman |
Keokuk
Police Department |
10-22-1949 |
| 93. |
Dykstra, Sylvan E. |
Patrolman |
Sioux City Police Department |
07-18-1953 |
| 94. |
Blomquist,
Harry Martin |
Cons.
Officer |
Department
of Natural Resources |
09-01-1953 |
| 95. |
Crouse,
Glen R. |
Officer |
Marshalltown Police Department |
01-22-1954 |
| 96. |
DeGear,
Harold Clarence |
Trooper |
Iowa
State Patrol |
02-19-1954 |
| 97. |
Loucks,
Charley |
Officer |
Stuart
Police Department |
12-25-1954 |
| 98. |
Garthwaite,
Ralph Franklin |
Trooper |
Iowa
State Patrol |
07-02-1955 |
| 99. |
Pearce,
Harold Humphrey |
Officer |
Independence
Police Department |
01-05-1956 |
| 100. |
Mehlhorn,
William Russell |
Patrolman |
Waterloo
Police Department |
01-14-1956 |
| 101. |
Mulder,
Jake |
Sheriff |
O'Brien
County Sheriff's Office |
01-25-1956 |
| 102. |
Lievens,
John Francis |
Officer |
Brooklyn
Police Department |
11-02-1957 |
| 103. |
Jurgens,
William Hans |
Sergeant |
Davenport
Police Department |
07-16-1958 |
| 104. |
Biggs,
Jimmie M. |
Deputy |
Woodbury
County Sheriff's Office |
03-11-1959 |
| 105. |
Meadows,
William Lawrence |
Marshal |
Plainfield
Police Department |
01-24-1961 |
| 106. |
Barta,
Felix A. |
Officer |
Cedar
Rapids Police Department |
02-15-1961 |
| 107. |
Ogan,
Ralph, Jr. |
Officer |
Grinnell
Police Department |
11-13-1963 |
| 108. |
Haubert,
Laverne Gale |
Patrolman |
Ankeny
Police Department |
01-08-1964 |
| 109. |
Andreano,
Charles T. |
Captain |
Des
Moines Police Department |
07-30-1964 |
| 110. |
VanderLinden,
Marvin C. |
Sergeant |
Iowa
State Patrol |
06-11-1965 |
| 111. |
Bornholdt,
Robert R. |
Sheriff |
O'Brien
County Sheriff's Office |
10-30-1966 |
| 112. |
Gates,
Charles Harold |
Deputy |
Marion
County Sheriff's Office |
10-25-1967 |
| 113. |
Stephens, John L. |
Officer |
Council Bluffs Police Department |
12-05-1967 |
| 114. |
Rodine,
James Emery |
Patrolman |
Des
Moines Police Department |
08-13-1968 |
| 115. |
Thomas,
Ralph E. |
Chief |
Okoboji
Police Department |
10-28-1968 |
| 116. |
Davidchik,
Joseph P. |
Captain |
Sioux
City Police Department |
12-26-1968 |
| 117. |
Berendes,
Earl H. |
Chief |
Bellevue
Police Department |
04-16-1969 |
| 118. |
Sutherlin,
Billy Bruce Koons |
Reserve
Officer |
Fairfield
Police Department |
07-27-1970 |
| 119. |
Moore,
Claude Edward |
Lieutenant |
Council
Bluffs Police Department |
06-30-1971 |
| 120. |
Farnsworth,
Michael Lee |
Officer |
Davenport Police Department |
12-05-1971 |
| 121. |
Williamson, George Oliver |
Deputy |
Dickinson County Sheriff's Office |
06-08-1973 |
| 122. |
Holdefer, Howard Wayne |
Deputy |
Jasper County Sheriff's Office |
10-30-1973 |
| 123. |
Woodard, Jack L. |
Sheriff |
Polk County Sheriff's Office |
01-21-1974 |
| 124. |
Roberts,
Ronald Gene |
Officer |
Council
Bluffs Police Department |
10-24-1974 |
| 125. |
Bell,
Paul Douglas |
Marshal |
Keota
Police Department |
06-11-1976 |
| 126. |
LaFromboise,
Cecil Gabriel |
Patrolman |
LaPorte
City Police Department |
12-09-1976 |
| 127. |
Melton,
Brian Charles |
Officer |
Des
Moines Police Department |
04-21-1977 |
| 128. |
Owen,
Stevan Henry |
Deputy |
Howard
County Sheriff's Office |
06-05-1977 |
| 129. |
Hill,
Dennis Earl |
Officer |
Des
Moines Police Department |
08-28-1977 |
| 130. |
Smit,
Michael Henry |
Chief |
Garwin
Police Department |
11-06-1977 |
| 131. |
Hewitt,
Donald Eldon |
Officer |
Prairie
City Police Department |
12-03-1977 |
| 132. |
Dorman,
Wiber Wayne |
Deputy |
Carroll
County Sheriff's Office |
06-25-1978 |
| 133. |
Rogers,
Raymond Eugene |
Deputy |
Carroll
County Sheriff's Office |
06-25-1978 |
| 134. |
Davis, Harry E. |
Jailer |
Marshall County Sheriff's Office |
09-09-1978 |
| 135. |
Barrickman,
Bobby Junior |
Officer |
Newton
Police Department |
09-30-1979 |
| 136. |
VanHaaften,
John Ernest |
Patrolman |
Pella
Police Department |
04-09-1980 |
| 137. |
Rice,
Wayne Robert |
Officer |
Waterloo
Police Department |
07-12-1981 |
| 138. |
Hoing,
Michael Wayne |
Officer |
Waterloo
Police Department |
07-13-1981 |
| 139. |
Mullikin,
William Frederick |
Deputy |
Black
Hawk County Sheriff's Office |
07-14-1981 |
| 140. |
Ash,
Ralph Richard |
Chief |
Swea
City Police Department |
08-08-1981 |
| 141. |
Otto,
Duane Herman |
Deputy |
Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office |
10-08-1981 |
| 142. |
Sunner,
Bret Nathan |
Officer |
Cedar
Rapids Police Department |
06-08-1984 |
| 143. |
Whitney,
Charles Gerald |
Trooper |
Iowa
State Patrol |
06-16-1985 |
| 144. |
McPherren,
Daniel Mark Sr. |
Officer |
Newton
Police Department |
09-13-1985 |
| 145. |
Dietsch,
Lance G. |
Trooper
Pilot |
Iowa
State Patrol |
06-30-1989 |
| 146. |
Gerling,
Stanley E. |
Trooper |
Iowa
State Patrol |
06-30-1989 |
| 147. |
Shatswell, Cole B. |
Chief |
Onawa Police Department |
10-22-1989 |
| 148. |
Nieland,
Allen Patrick |
Trooper
Pilot |
Iowa
State Patrol |
10-14-1990 |
| 149. |
Stone,
Todd Wayne |
Officer (K9) |
Clinton
Police Department |
01-27-1993 |
| 150. |
Heimbecker,
Phillip Arthur Sr. |
Captain |
Woodbury
County Sheriff's Office |
06-11-1993 |
| 151. |
Hermann, Jon Eric |
Corporal |
Woodbury County Sheriff's Office |
06-11-1993 |
| 152. |
Hayward,
Kipton L. |
Deputy |
Polk
County Sheriff's Office |
10-09-1993 |
| 153. |
Androy,
Gilbert Glen |
Deputy |
Fremont
County Sheriff's Office |
10-16-1997 |
| 154. |
Halligan, Carroll
Edward |
Deputy |
Muscatine
County Sheriff's Office |
11-09-1998 |
| 155. |
McElderry,
Dennis Ray |
Deputy |
Davis
County Sheriff's Office |
01-03-2003 |
| 156. |
Wissink, Sean |
Officer |
Des Moines Police Department |
02-11-2007 |
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