R MARK CLAPP

Officer Rank: Town Marshal
Memorial Panel: 2-W: 24
Department: New Richmond, Indiana, P. D.
End of Watch: December 5, 2003
Cause: PHYS
Age: 45
Years of Service: 22
Description: Marshal Clapp and his son, County Jail Officer Aaron Clapp, responded to a domestic disturbance where a suspect had assaulted his girlfriend. Marshal Clapp and Officer Clapp attempted to arrest the suspect and wrestled with the man for several minutes before back-up jurisdictions arrived. Fearing that he was having a heart attack, emergency workers gave oxygen to Marshal Clapp and transported him to a local hospital. Marshal Clapp was pronounced dead upon arrival.
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