Police Officer Bernard Herman Geerts, Davenport Police Department, Iowa

Police Officer Bernard Herman Geerts

Davenport Police Department, Iowa

End of Watch Monday, July 16, 1928

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Bernard Herman Geerts

Officer Geerts succumbed to gunshot wounds received three days earlier when he attempted to arrest two 16-year-olds he caught burglarizing the Naven Fuel Company. Both boys were arrested in Rock Island four days later.

Both suspects had escaped from the Home for Feeble Minded Children at Gleenwood. They were both convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in the Fort Madison Penitentiary. One was paroled in 1961 and the other in 1963.

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Age 40
Tour Not available
Badge 31

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Friday, July 13, 1928
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Sentenced to life

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Am doing family research and ran across the story of my paternal grandfather's brother-in-law, Bernard "Benny" Geerts. Thank you for your service; rest in peace, great-uncle!

Teresa Testroet
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December 27, 2024