SAMUEL DOW BLACKWELL

Officer Rank: Night Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 31-W: 2
Department: Coolidge, Arizona, P.D.
End of Watch: June 6, 1943
Cause: NIFE
Age: 59
Years of Service: 15
Description: Night Police Officer Blackwell was stabbed when he responded to a domestic disturbance call where a woman was being assaulted. Officer Blackwell was stabbed in the chest while protecting the woman. Officer Blackwell drew his gun and fatally shot the suspect. Officer Blackwell died of his injuries four days later.
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