RICHARD DANIEL SCALF
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 20-E: 21
Department: Detroit, Michigan, P.D.
End of Watch: February 5, 1999
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: 2
Description: Police Officer Scalf was shot twice while attempting to arrest a suspect in an undercover prostitution sting. The suspect had propositioned a female officer posing as a prostitute. When Officers Scalf and Graves stopped the truck, the suspect fled on foot. Both officers were in pursuit when the suspect turned and fired at the officers. Officer Scalf was shot once in the hand. Then the second shot struck him in the shoulder which entered through the gap in the top of his protective vest. Officer Scalf was transported to the hospital where he died. Officer Graves, who also was shot multiple times, survived his injuries. The suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers.
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