8 p.m. Friday, April 30 Candlelight Vigil
10 a.m. Saturday May 1, Memorial Service
Law Enforcement Memorial
Missouri State Capitol
West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, Missouri
Here are the law enforcement officers who will be memorialized this year:
DENNIS EDWARD ENGELHARD
End of Watch: December 25, 2009
Rank: Corporal
Department: Missouri State Highway Patrol
End of Watch: December 25, 2009
Cause: Struck by Vehicle (while on foot)
Age: 49
Years of Service: 10
Trooper Engelhard was fatally struck by a vehicle while investigating a traffic accident. Trooper Engelhard was investigating a minor accident on Interstate 44 in Eureka when another vehicle lost control due to winter weather conditions and struck him. Trooper Engelhard was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.
JULIUS KEITH MOORE
End of Watch: October 15, 2009
Rank: Police Officer
Department: Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis
End of Watch: October 15, 2009
Cause: Automobile Accident
Age: 23
Years of Service: 3
Officer Moore succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident while responding to a burglary call. Officer Moore was en route to the call when he collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection. Officer Moore applied his brakes to avoid the collision, but his patrol vehicle hit the tractor, slid across the intersection, and struck a light pole. Officer Moore was transported to the St. Louis University Hospital where he died nine days later.
TOM J. “Chili” MORRISON
End of Watch: July 3, 1945
Rank: Patrolman
Department: Joplin Merchant Police
Cause: Shot to death
Age: 75
Year of Service: unknown
Patrolman Morrison of the Joplin Merchant Police was shot while patrolling the streets of Joplin. Morrison was killed by another Joplin Merchant patrolman with a 12 gauge shotgun.
HAROLD T. WOOLERY
End of Watch June 1, 1937
Rank: Police Officer
Department: Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cause: Stabbed
Age: 52
Years of Service: 3
Officer Woolery was stabbed to death by five transients he had ejected from a boxcar in Kansas City.
10 a.m. Saturday May 1, Memorial Service
Law Enforcement Memorial
Missouri State Capitol
West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, Missouri
Here are the law enforcement officers who will be memorialized this year:
DENNIS EDWARD ENGELHARD
End of Watch: December 25, 2009
Rank: Corporal
Department: Missouri State Highway Patrol
End of Watch: December 25, 2009
Cause: Struck by Vehicle (while on foot)
Age: 49
Years of Service: 10
Trooper Engelhard was fatally struck by a vehicle while investigating a traffic accident. Trooper Engelhard was investigating a minor accident on Interstate 44 in Eureka when another vehicle lost control due to winter weather conditions and struck him. Trooper Engelhard was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.
JULIUS KEITH MOORE
End of Watch: October 15, 2009
Rank: Police Officer
Department: Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis
End of Watch: October 15, 2009
Cause: Automobile Accident
Age: 23
Years of Service: 3
Officer Moore succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident while responding to a burglary call. Officer Moore was en route to the call when he collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection. Officer Moore applied his brakes to avoid the collision, but his patrol vehicle hit the tractor, slid across the intersection, and struck a light pole. Officer Moore was transported to the St. Louis University Hospital where he died nine days later.
TOM J. “Chili” MORRISON
End of Watch: July 3, 1945
Rank: Patrolman
Department: Joplin Merchant Police
Cause: Shot to death
Age: 75
Year of Service: unknown
Patrolman Morrison of the Joplin Merchant Police was shot while patrolling the streets of Joplin. Morrison was killed by another Joplin Merchant patrolman with a 12 gauge shotgun.
HAROLD T. WOOLERY
End of Watch June 1, 1937
Rank: Police Officer
Department: Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cause: Stabbed
Age: 52
Years of Service: 3
Officer Woolery was stabbed to death by five transients he had ejected from a boxcar in Kansas City.
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