To honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to the public........
Listed below are the names of Columbus Police Officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to the public. To learn more about an officer listed here, click on his or her name.
| Name of Officer | Date entered
the Division of Police |
Died in the line of duty |
| Officer Cyrus Beebe | Unknown | April 27, 1854 |
| Detective Abe Kleeman | Unknown | September 15, 1899 |
| Patrolman Daniel Davis | 1899 | June 7, 1908 |
| Patrolman Harry E. Campbell | September 27, 1906 | December 24, 1908 |
| Patrolman Frank P. Ward | May 8, 1911 | July, 1911 |
| Officer William Sexton | May 1, 1905 | March 25, 1913 |
| Patrolman James Ballard | July1, 1913 | November 9, 1914 |
| Patrolman Joseph Lavendar | April 29, 1913 | June 26, 1913 |
| Patrolman John Laufhutte | June 10, 1916 | August 22, 1916 |
| Detective William Rourke | June 17, 1888 | November 24, 1917 |
| Patrolman David Jenkins | May 17, 1917 | February 8, 1919 |
| Patrolman Adolph G. Schneider | May 20, 1899 | September 23, 1920 |
| Detective Charles E. Tiller | May 17, 1917 | October 28, 1920 |
| Patrolman Jesse Reall | October 9, 1918 | February 26, 1921 |
| Patrolman Granston P. Koehler | July 1, 1913 | November 28, 1922 |
| Patrolman Troy C. Stewart | October 11, 1923 | April 22, 1924 |
| Patrolman Harry E. Shaffer | July 1, 1920 | March 9, 1925 |
| Detective Walter O. Womeldorf | July 1, 1920 | May 29, 1925 |
| Patrolman William Sweinsberger | February 11, 1903 | January 7, 1926 |
| Patrolman Horace D. Elliott | July 13, 1923 | March 29, 1927 |
| Patrolman Thomas Day | July 1, 1920 | July 7, 1931 |
| Patrolman Leslie Green | May 2, 1928 | October 4, 1931 |
| Patrolman Ross Porter | March27, 1922 | May 23, 1934 |
| Patrolman Edward H, Murphy | October 9, 1922 | May 11, 1935 |
| Patrolman John P. Sears | November 1, 1922 | November 30, 1936 |
| Detective Robert R. Cline | February 1, 1927 | February 5, 1938 |
| Patrolman Cambell K. Jenkins | August 23, 1937 | January 9, 1939 |
| Patrolman John M. McCullough | March 5, 1941 | January 18, 1942 |
| Patrolman Thomas E. Webb | Unknown | August 17, 1956 |
| Patrolman Richard E. Taylor | Unknown | January 18, 1963 |
| Lieutenant Allen E. Fraley | Unknown | November 6, 1964 |
| Patrolman Robert F. Lisska | July 1, 1959 | May 27, 1965 |
| Officer Daniel A. Redding | April 13, 1955 | July 27, 1965 |
| Patrolman William G. Wells | April 16, 1953 | December 21, 1965 |
| Auxiliary Officer Lawrence Kipfinger | 1957 | October 14, 1969 |
| Patrolman Curtis L. Staton | March 16, 1970 | March 22, 1972 |
| Patrolman Joseph A. Edwards | October 11, 1970 | August 28, 1972 |
| Patrolman James K. Reed | January 2, 1972 | May 18, 1974 |
| Sergeant Dale W. McCann | April 13, 1955 | June 7, 1974 |
| Officer Roger L. Brown | April 1, 1967 | August 11, 1976 |
| Officer Michael J. Smith | August 13, 1972 | August 11, 1976 |
| Officer Martin Yawarsky | August 10, 1978 | September 6, 1980 |
| Officer Gordon Rich | August 26, 1963 | April 5, 1986 |
| Officer Richard Fickeisen | February 15, 1955 | June 1, 1987 |
| Officer Jane E. Thompson-Bowman | April 2, 1978 | March 9, 1989 |
| Officer Robyn Nye | March 7, 1965 | January 4, 1991 |
| Officer Raymond Radel | October 31, 1966 | April 25, 1991 |
| Officer Chris Clites | May 27, 1990 | December 10, 1993 |
| Sergeant Marc Muncy | October 16, 1988 | April 5, 1995 |
| Officer Keith L Evans | March 16, 1970 | July 9, 1995 |
| Lieutenant Christopher N. Claypool | June 16, 1987 | April 29, 2001 |
| Officer Melissa Foster | November 19, 1997 | December 4, 2004 |
| Officer Bryan Hurst | November 3, 1996 | January 6, 2005 |
| Police Artist Thomas Hayes | December 3, 1972 | December 19, 1997 |