Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Kansas
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Kansas agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
29
11 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
9.9
2020 Census population
National Rank
#17
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
62%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Kansas.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from Kansas agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2025 | Scott William Heimann | Sergeant | Gunfire | Hays Police Department |
| 2025 | Hunter Simoncic | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | Kansas City Police Department |
| 2025 | Elijah Ming | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office |
| 2025 | Brandon Gaede | Undersheriff | Gunfire | Phillips County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Frank Hayes, Jr. | Chief of Police | Heart attack | Goodland Police Department |
| 2023 | Jonah Oswald | Police Officer | Gunfire | Fairway Police Department |
| 2022 | Sidnee Carter | Deputy Sheriff | Vehicular assault | Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Robert P. Craft | Sheriff | COVID19 | Marion County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | David Leroy Ingle | Police Officer | COVID19 | Iola Police Department |
| 2021 | Stacy Annette Murrow | Sergeant | COVID19 | Linn County Sheriff's Office |
| 2021 | Theodore James Ohlemeier | Police Officer | COVID19 | Colwich Police Department |
| 2021 | Kerry Dean Dick | Police Officer | COVID19 | Rossville Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Kansas agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.