Fallen Officers

The Springfield Police Department has lost 17 officers in the line of duty since the city’s founding in 1636. A Fallen Officer Memorial, located outside the police headquarters on Pearl Street, is dedicated to the memory of the 17 officers who sacrificed their lives while in the performance of their duties. A plaque for each officer is fixed to the Memorial. A Memorial Ceremony is held at the Fallen Officer Memorial each May during National Police Week to honor and remember the fallen Springfield Police 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 – 09/20/1946
  • 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