The following San Francisco Police Officers were killed or died in the line of duty in the month of November of …
1937: Officer Cornelius Brosnan, involved in an automobile collision.
1930: Officer Charles Rogerson, struck by a vehicle while directing traffic.
1928: Officer Frederick N. Spooner, involved in a traffic collision.
1923: Officer Joseph G. Conroy, struck by a vehicle while directing traffic.
1919: Detective Sergeant Antone Schoembs, shot by fleeing felon.
1915: Corporal Frederick Cook, shot by fleeing felon.
1911: Officer Thomas Finnelly, shot while arresting wanted fugitive.
1911: Officer Charles Castor, shot while arresting wanted fugitive.
1908: Chief of Police William J. Biggy, fell from police boat and drowned in SF Bay.
1906: Officer George P. O’Connell, shot by armed robbers.
Learn more about San Francisco’s Finest who died in the line of duty:
Visit the Officer Down Memorial Page at
www.odmp.org/agency/3445-san-francisco-police-department-california
Read Men of Courage, by Captain Thomas G. Dempsey (retired)
