The Springfield Police Department is remembering Reserve Officer Daniel Donovan on Sunday.
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
Thomas Miller 10/05/1675
Daniel Donovan 09/29/1908
Adelbert St. Marie 08/31/1934
Carl Rolf 11/02/1938
John P. Sullivan, Sr. 02/02/1940
Thomas F. Murphy 02/02/1940
Raymond Moriarty 09/02/1946
John W. Connors 02/20/1953
Leo Hamel 10/31/1955
Francis Sears 09/11/1967
Walter C. Juskiewicz 06/21/1969
William R. Berte 01/08/1973
Richard D. Vigneault 04/11/1973
Paul F. Mawaka 10/30/1973
Michael Schiavina 11/12/1985
Alain Beauregard 11/15/1985
Kevin Ambrose 06/04/2012
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