Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Ohio
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Ohio 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)
80
13 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
6.8
2020 Census population
National Rank
#35
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
43%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Ohio.
2026 is year to date.
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 Ohio agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Scott Ries | Sergeant | Gunfire | Rittman Police Department |
| 2025 | Nicholas P. Cayton | Trooper | Struck by vehicle | Ohio State Highway Patrol |
| 2025 | Phillip C. Wagner | Police Officer | Gunfire | Lorain Police Department |
| 2025 | Daniel Weston Sherrer | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Morrow County Sheriff's Office |
| 2025 | Larry Henderson, Jr. | Special Deputy Sheriff | Vehicular assault | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Andrew Lansing | Correction Officer | Assault | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction |
| 2024 | Jamieson Ritter | Police Officer | Gunfire | Cleveland Division of Police |
| 2024 | Jacob Derbin | Police Officer | Gunfire | Euclid Police Department |
| 2024 | Rodney Osborne | Lieutenant | Gunfire (Inadvertent) | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction |
| 2023 | Joshua Hamilton | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Preble County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Marcus Zeigler | Deputy Sheriff | Duty related illness | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Timothy James Unwin | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Springfield Township Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Ohio 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.