The Springfield Police Department remembers Reserve Officer Daniel Donovan

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Springfield Police Department is remembering Reserve Officer Daniel Donovan on Sunday.

According to the Springfield Police Department, on September 29, 1908, Reserve Officer Donovan was killed in the line of duty. He had been with the Springfield Police Department for eight months and was 35 years old.

A total of 17 Springfield officers died in the line of duty since the city’s founding in 1636. A Fallen Officer Memorial is located outside the police headquarters on Pearl Street.

Springfield Police Fallen Officers

1. Thomas Miller 10/05/1675
2. Daniel Donovan 09/29/1908
3. Adelbert St. Marie 08/31/1934
4. Carl Rolf 11/02/1938
5. John P. Sullivan, Sr. 02/02/1940
6. Thomas F. Murphy 02/02/1940
7. Raymond Moriarty 09/02/1946
8. John W. Connors 02/20/1953
9. Leo Hamel 10/31/1955
10. Francis Sears 09/11/1967
11. Walter C. Juskiewicz 06/21/1969
12. William R. Berte 01/08/1973
13. Richard D. Vigneault 04/11/1973
14. Paul F. Mawaka 10/30/1973
15. Michael Schiavina 11/12/1985
16. Alain Beauregard 11/15/1985
17. Kevin Ambrose 06/04/2012

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