RICHARD JAMES ASTEN
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 56-W: 21
Department: Kansas City, Kansas, P.D.
End of Watch: June 11, 1998
Cause: STRU
Age: 46
Years of Service: 14
Description: Sergeant Asten and other officers were in pursuit of a felony auto theft suspect. As Sergeant Asten positioned himself to deploy spike sticks, the suspect swerved radically and intentionally struck the officer, killing him instantly.
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