Waukesha County Wisconsin Genealogy

Police Officers Killed While in Service

Sources:
Officer Down Memorial Page
Wisconsin Police Officers Killed
Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial
National Law Enforcement Memorial

Note: The National Law Enforcement Memorial is located on Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.

DEPUTY SHERIFF MICHAEL GESZVAIN

Waukesha County Sheriff's Department
Wednesday, June 21, 1978

Cause of Death: Gunfire when a prisoner gained control of service weapon
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Sentenced to two counts of life without parole.

National Law Enforcement Memorial: Panel 37, W -9

CORPORAL JEFFREY JOSEPH GUSINDA

Brookfield Police Department, WI
Tuesday, March 30, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)

National Law Enforcement Memorial: Panel 60, W -19

CAPTAIN JAMES LUTZ

Waukesha Police Department April 28, 1994

Cause of death: killed by a father/son pair of bank robbers who were fleeing from the police Suspect Status: Both suspects were captured, have been convicted

Theodore Oswald and James H. Oswald were convicted of nineteen and twenty felony counts, respectively, at jury trials in Waukesha county on March 8 and May 29, 1995. The charges stemmed from a bank robbery, an escape in a stolen car, a shootout with police officers, and the resulting death of Captain James Lutz of the City of Waukesha Police Department. The gunfire exchange with the police was captured on videotape by a television reporter and widely broadcast.

SERGEANT QUIN EDWARD O'BRIEN

Waukesha County Sheriff's Department
Thursday, June 22, 1978

Cause of Death: Gunfire when a prisoner gained control of service weapon
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Sentenced to two counts of life without parole.

National Law Enforcement Memorial: Panel 41, W -8

WILLIAM PHIPPS SR.

Waukesha County Sheriff's Department
Thursday, August 5, 1943

Cause of Death: Unidentified

No further information about the death of this officer available

National Law Enforcement Memorial: Panel 38, W -11

DETECTIVE GEORGE A. SCHMIDLING

Waukesha Police Department
Sunday, June 11, 1961
Cause of Death: Unidentified

No further information about the death

National Law Enforcement Memorial: Panel 5, E -12

JOHN S. TAYLOR JR.

Menomonee Falls Police Department
Saturday, August 6, 1977

Cause of Death: Automobile accident

No further information about the death is available

National Law Enforcement Memorial: Panel 45, W -12