Fayetteville Police Memorial - Fayetteville AR
N 36° 03.660 W 094° 09.647
15S E 395460 N 3991336
Located in front of the Fayetteville Police Department headquarters building (100 W Rock Street), this is the second incarnation of the same memorial - the first one was vandalized. Unfortunately, a new name was added recently to the memorial.
Waymark Code: WM12682
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
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"A police memorial honoring officers who were killed in the line of duty was replaced last week in front of the Fayetteville Police Department.
The original memorial was vandalized beyond repair last October. It included the names of two fallen officers, William D. Patton and Lem McPherson inscribed on the front.
A suspect was never identified following an investigation into the incident. The department last fall received over $3,000 in donations from local residents and businesses to help cover the cost to replace the monument.
The new memorial honors Patton and McPherson, but also includes Assistant Chief Elmo Ritchie who died in the line of duty in 1968. Ritchie’s name was added to the National Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial in Washington D.C. in April 2014.
An artist was able to salvage the original base of the monument for use on the new memorial."
(above text in quotation marks from (
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On December 7th, 2019, Officer Stephen Carr was shot and killed in the line of duty. "Carr, 27, was waiting for his partner before beginning a night shift when he was approached by a suspect and shot “point blank” while sitting inside his patrol car just before 10 p.m. on Dec. 7." (courtesy of (
visit link) ). Officer Carr's name has now been etched onto the new memorial.
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