1927
January 23, 1927
Policeman C. M. Partin
Los Angeles Police Department, CA
Policeman Partin was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. 
March 29, 1927
Patrolman Horace D. Elliott
Columbus Division of Police, OH
Patrolman Elliott was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. He had been with the agency for four years. 
March 29, 1927
Traffic Officer Ralph Jarrell Rutherford
Hereford Police Department, TX
Officer Rutherford was killed when his motorcycle struck another vehicle. Officer Rutherford was riding the same police motorcycle that would later be ridden by Officer Paul Jowell in another fatal accident. 
March 31, 1927
Traffic Ofc. Lauren E. Hurd
Orange County, California
Lauren Hurd, a twenty-five-year-old California State Traffic Squad Motorcycle Officer, died when his motorcycle was struck by a car in the city of Santa Ana, on March 31, 1927. Officer Hurd was struck by a car that entered the intersection from another direction.
May 01, 1927
Private Blake A. Michael
West Virginia State Police, WV
Motorcycle Accident
May 28, 1927
Traffic Officer Paul H. Jowell
Hereford Police Department, TX
Officer Jowell was killed when his motorcycle struck another vehicle. Officer Jowell was riding the same police motorcycle that Officer Ralph Rutherford was riding when he was killed in a motorcycle accident two months earlier. 
June 20, 1927
Trooper Charles M. McGinn
New York State Police, NY
Trooper McGinn was killed when his motorcycle struck a vehicle which was backing out of a driveway in the Village of Remsen. He was pursuing a speeder at the time. 
Trooper McGinn had been with the agency for two years. 
June 29, 1927
Motorcycle Officer James Gene Reegan
Galveston Police Department, TX
Officer Reegan was killed in a motorcycle accident while pursuing several suspects who were shooting at him. During the pursuit Officer Reegan's motorcycle struck a sign that was in the street, causing him to be thrown from the bike.
He was survived by his wife and four children.
July 15, 1927
Trooper Harry J. Wheeler
New York State Police, NY
Trooper Wheeler was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Town of Sherrill when his motorcycle was forced in an underpass support during a thunderstorm. 
Trooper Wheeler had been with the agency for eight years. 
July 29, 1927
Harry Everett SHORE Sr.
Ocean City Police Department, NJ
August 04, 1927
Trooper Joseph A. Smith
New Jersey State Police, NJ
Trooper Smith was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty in Point Pleasant. He had been with the agency for just under four years. 
September 24, 1927
Chief of Police Robert Worthel
Naperville Police Department, IL
Chief Worthel was killed in a motorcycle accident while responding to the scene of an armed robbery. He struck a motorist who turned in front of him at Washington and School Streets. 
October 1, 1927
Traffic Officer William McGillivary 
Ontario Department of Highways Ontario

Officer McGillivary was travelling on 12th Street and was crossing the Toronto-Hamilton Highway when he lost control of his motorcycle and was thrown onto the pavement. He died in St. Joseph's Hospital. Officer McGillivary was stationed at Toronto.


October 05, 1927
Police Officer Warren Henry Omslaer
Evanston Police Department, IL
Officer Omslaer was killed in a motorcycle accident when a vehicle made a left hand turn in front of the motorcycle. Officer Omslaer, who was riding in the motorcycle's sidecar, was thrown from the bike and received major head injuries. The driver of the motorcycle was also thrown from the bike but received only minor injuries.
Officer Omslaer had been with the agency for 18 months and was survived by his wife and two sisters. 
October 27, 1927
Traffic Officer Andrew McKay 
Ontario Department of Highways Ontario

Officer McKay was stationed at Newmarket. While in pursuit of a speeder near Holland Landing he lost control of his motorcyle and was thrown to the pavement. Officer McKay was killed instantly.


December 15, 1927
Officer James S. Noon
Maryland State Police, MD
Officer Noon was killed in a motorcycle accident while chasing a violator. He had been with the agency for 18 months. 
December 19, 1927
Constable Albert Ernest Wells 
Victoria Police British Columbia

Constable Wells was a motorcycle patrol officer on duty in the area of Hillside and Quadra on Saturday, 17th December, 1927, when he was fatally injured by a vehicle operated by an American visitor. 

Constable Wells was travelling through the intersection at approximately 0030 hours when he was struck by a vehicle that apparently fled the scene. Constable Wells was taken to the Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital, and died on the 19th of December, 1927, never having regained consciousness.

March 14th, 1928, at the Victoria Spring Assizes, the suspect, accused of driving the automobile that struck and caused the death of Constable Albert Wells, was found guilty. He was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary.

Constable Wells had been a member of the department for only two years and nine months. At the time of his death Constable Wells was survived by his wife and 2 children.


December 27, 1927
Corporal Vincent Alphonso Hassen
Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, PA
Corporal Hassen was killed when the sidecar of his motorcycle clipped a parked car and caused him to be thrown from the motorcycle. 
Corpoal Hassen had been with the agency for one year and was survived by his mother