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Kurt A. Ford
Type of Officer: Deputy
Jurisdiciton: Harvey County
County: Harvey
Death Date: 4/9/2005
Added to Memorial: 2006
Circumstances of Death:
Deputy Kurt A. Ford was fatally wounded during a hostage situation on April 9, 2005 as he and members of the Harvey County Emergency Response Team were conducting a forced entry into the home of suspect Gregory Moore in Newton. The hostage situation stemmed from a domestic disturbance earlier in the evening. When officers arrived the male suspect took a female subject hostage. Deputy Ford and other members of the Harvey Counter ERT arrived at the scene. Three hours into the standoff the suspect began attacking the hostage. Response Team members forced entry into the home and were met with gunfire from the suspect. Deputy Ford was fatally wounded and Hesston Police Department Detective Chris Eilert was wonded in the gunfire. Deputy Ford was 38 years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Jill and their sons, Preston and Adam.
 

Robert Fitzpatrick
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Death Date: 11/20/1921
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Officer Fitzpatrick and his partner, Rudy LaCroix, were informed that the notorious Eddie Adams gang was in the Wichita area. When the officers stopped a car for a taillight infraction, they recognized one of the occupants as a member of the Adams gang. Fitzpatrick attempted to apprehend the suspects for questioning, but Adams, who was also in the car, accelerated the vehicle and sped off. One of the gang members, Frank Foster, fired from the car, killing Fitzpatrick. The Adams gang, which had killed Officer A. L. Young in early November, would also be responsible, three days following the Fitzpatrick slaying, for the death of Police Officer Charles Hoffman.

Gerald A. Foote
Type of Officer: Sheriff Detective
Jurisdiction Johnson County
County: Johnson
Death Date: 4/3/1971
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
With Olathe police officer Herbert Hogue, Detective Foote was on a routine investigation in his unmarked patrol car. The car collided with another vehicle. Foote died shortly after the accident. Officer Hogue recovered.

Thomas S Fowler
Type of Officer: Deputy Sheriff
Jurisdiction Reno County
County: Reno
Death Date: 12/11/1910
Added to Memorial: 1991
Circumstances of Death:
On the evening of December 11, 1910, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Simpson Fowler volunteered to assist the Hutchinson Police Department by participating in a stake out of a collection of hidden burglary tools. The police hoped that the owner(s) would return to pick them up. Unbeknownst to the officers the tools had been left about three days previously by Henry Bowers and an associate preparatory to the robbing of the Hutchinson bank. When Bowers returned to pick up the tools about 6:45 P.M., he was arrested by Fowler. On the way to the station Bowers attempted to bribe Fowler. When that failed, he produced a pistol and proceeded to threaten the officer. Threats and warning shots failed to deter the deputy from reaching for his pistol and asa result Bowers fired fatal shot.

Robert L. Freeman
Type of Officer: Deputy Sheriff
Jurisdiction Leavenworth County
County: Leavenworth
Death Date: 8/26/1944
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
On January 22, 1944, Arthur Lathrop, just paroled from the state penitentiary in Lansing, stole a car in Leavenworth, wrecked it, and was picked up by passing motorist Ernest Elston. Lathrop forced Elston to drive him to Tonganoxie, where he boarded a bus Elston saw Deputy Freeman and informed him of the incident. Freeman ordered Lathrop from the bus, and as Lathrop exited, he shot Freeman. Paralyzed from the waist down, Deputy Freeman took his own life in August of that year, after being told he could not survive the wound.

John F. Fulton
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction Winfield
County: Cowley
Death Date: 9/2/1892
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
A citizen reported to Office Fulton that a George Killion was whipping his wife and disturbing the peace. When Fulton arrived at the location, Killion jumped from a window in an attempt to escape, but he was caught by the officer. A struggle ensued during which Fulton struck Killion with his cane. Witnesses reported that Killion's wife seized Fulton's gun and gave it to her husband who then shot and killed Officer Fulton.