WILLIAM DEXTER HAMMOND

Officer Rank: Chief Investigator
Memorial Panel: 30-W: 27
Department: Headland, Alabama, P.D.
End of Watch: April 24, 2009
Cause: SHOT
Age: 38
Years of Service: 16
Description: Chief Investigator Hammond was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call of a man with a firearm. Investigator Hammond responded to the scene after another deputy had been severely wounded. Investigator Hammond was fatally shot by the suspect as he took up a defensive position near the suspect's residence. The suspect was killed shortly after Investigator Hammond's death. The other deputy wounded in this incident survived his injuries.
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