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Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
Harry G. Emsley
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Serial Number: Unknown
- Division: Traffic Enforcement Division
- Location: Foothill Blvd ¼ mile S/O Weldon Canyon Rd.
- Date Killed: Thursday, January 12, 1939
- Cause of Death: Motorcycle Traffic Accident
Rememberance
Lieutenant Emsley was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was fatally injured when his motorcycle crashed on Foothill boulevard a quarter-mile mile south of Weldon Canyon Road. He succumbed to a skull fracture and internal injuries at the Georgia Street Receiving hospital, where he had been taken shortly after the accident.
Additional: Daily Bulletin has his rank as Officer but as acting Lieutenan.
Heroism. Valor. In memoriam.
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