SAMUEL SLATER
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Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 26-E: 14
Department: Grand Rapids, Michigan, P.D.
End of Watch: December 9, 1921
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: 24
Description: Detective Slater and Patrolman George Brandsma were shot when they arrived at a residence to arrest four suspect bank robbers. Patrolman Brandsma was instantly killed as he forced his way into house. Detective Slater was shot twice in the abdomen died two days later at the hospital. Detective Slater is the brother of Patrolman Henry Slater [17-W: 10].
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