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Andrew F. Turner
Type of Officer: US Corrections Officer
Jurisdiction: Leavenworth Penitentiary
County: Leavenworth
Death Date: 3/26/1916
Added to Memorial: 2006
Circumstances of Death:
Corrections Officer Andrew F. Turner was stabbed to death in the dining hall at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth during the noon meal on March 26, 1916. Authorities believe that inmate Robert Stroud stabbed Officer Turner because the officer was to put Stroud on report for bad conduct. Robert Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, spent the rest of his life in solitary confinement. Officer Turner was 29 years old at the time of his death and had served at the Penitentiary for three years. He was survived by his wife and two children.
 

Bret D. Tepe
Type of Officer: Sheriff Deputy
Jurisdiction: Ford County
County: Ford
Death Date: 9/23/2003
Added to Memorial: 2004
Circumstances of Death:
On the morning of September 23, 2003, Ford County Sheriff’s Office investigator Bret D. Tepe was driving to meet with an agent from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to conduct interviews. Investigator Tepe was traveling on Highway 50 west of Spearville when the right rear tire of an eastbound vehicle blew out. That vehicle went left of center, striking Investigator Tepe’s vehicle head-on. Investigator Tepe was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The driver of the east bound vehicle also died in the accident.
Bret D. Tepe was 37 years old at the time of his death. Investigator Tepe is survived by his wife, Angela, and three children.
 

C. M. Taylor
Type of Officer: City Marshal
Jurisdiction: Baxter Springs
County: Cherokee
Death Date: 6/29/1872
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Mayor J. R. Boyd of Baxter Springs was involved in a dispute with the lumberyard owner over the mayor's debt. A fight ensued and the owner swore a warrant for Boyd's arrest. City Marshal Taylor was serving the warrant when an argument began and Mayor Boyd shot and killed Taylor. Marshal Taylor had been appointed by Boyd in November of 1870 to replace Marshal H. C. Seaman, who had been killed in the line of duty.

Pleasant E. Teel
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction: Herington
County: Dickinson
Death Date: 1/17/1960
Added to Memorial: 1992
Circumstances of Death:
Everett Teel, 53 year old Herington police officer died of a heart attack Sunday, January 17, 1960 after pursuing a reckless driving suspect on foot. The chase took place about 3:15 A.M. when the suspect turned around in the middle of the street, got out of his car and began running. Teel tackled the man after a chase of about a block and a half. He collapsed after he and Officer Dean Stroda had returned the suspect to the police station. He was taken to the hospital where he died. Medical authorities attributed the heart attack to the tussle with the prisoner. Teel joined the police force in October of 1957 and was a popular member of the force. He was survived by a wife and one son. In December of 1960 he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Valor at the Police Hall of Fame at Port Charlotte, Florida. The award was sponsored by the National Police Officers Association of America, the largest professional police organization in the U. S. at the time. Their new $75,000 Police Hall of Fame was located in Port Charlotte, Florida.

John Teter
Type of Officer: Chief of Police
Jurisdiction: Oxford
County: Sumner
Death Date: 4/9/1995
Added to Memorial: 1995
Circumstances of Death:
Oxford Police Chief John Teter was critically injured April 2nd when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving while pursuing a suspect driving a stolen mini van. The high speed chase, which included units from Winfield Police Department and the Sumner County sheriff's office, continued and the suspect was later apprehended. Teter died from his injuries April 9th without
regaining consciousness.

James D. Thornton
Type of Officer: Kansas Highway Patrol
Jurisdiction: Topeka
County: Shawnee
Death Date: 10/2/1973
Added to Memorial: 1987
Circumstances of Death:
Trooper Thornton stopped to investigate a hitchhiker on I-70 east of Topeka, unaware that the man was wanted in New York for murder. The hitchhiker shot and killed Thornton, and was himself shot and killed by other officers after he refused to surrender.

Daniel D. Trail
Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction: Beloit
County: Mitchell
Death Date: 6/25/1995
Added to Memorial: 1996
Circumstances of Death:
Several Beloit residents were riding the Solomon River in inner tubes. As they approached the river spillway in Beloit, two of them decided to go over the spillway and through the rapids. The Glen Elder dam was releasing a great deal of flood water from upstream at the time and the rain swollen rivers current was described at torrential. One individual was thrown clear of the rapids below the spillway but one was trapped in the backwater. Trail, a volunteer fireman and several others formed a human chain to try and reach the trapped individual. While straining to reach the individual the chain broke. Trail and the fireman fell into the water. The fireman was thrown clear but Trail was unable to reach safety and drowned.