Darius Quimby
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Darius Quimby is recognized as the first known law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in the United States
. Constable Quimby worked for the Albany County
Constable's Office of New York
. He was killed on January 3, 1791.
He was most likely an unpaid peace officer.
Constable Quimby was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man named Whiting Sweeting of Stephentown
, Rensselaer County
, N.Y., on a trespass
ing warrant. Constable Quimby seems to also have lived in the Stephentown area. A 1790 census lists a Darius in the family of Ephraim Quimby there and of an age eligible to be a constable. The suspect was found guilty of murdering Constable Quimby in the July session of the New York State Supreme Court and was hanged on August 26, 1791.
Since Constable Quimby's death, there have been at least 20,000 peace officers killed in the line of duty in the United States.
United States
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. Constable Quimby worked for the Albany County
Albany County, New York
Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...
Constable's Office of New York
New York
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. He was killed on January 3, 1791.
He was most likely an unpaid peace officer.
Constable Quimby was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man named Whiting Sweeting of Stephentown
Stephentown, New York
Stephentown is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,873 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Stephen Van Rensselaer. The town is in the southeast corner of the county...
, Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County, New York
Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 159,429. Its name is in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. Its county seat is Troy...
, N.Y., on a trespass
Trespass
Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.Trespass to the person, historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem, and maiming...
ing warrant. Constable Quimby seems to also have lived in the Stephentown area. A 1790 census lists a Darius in the family of Ephraim Quimby there and of an age eligible to be a constable. The suspect was found guilty of murdering Constable Quimby in the July session of the New York State Supreme Court and was hanged on August 26, 1791.
Since Constable Quimby's death, there have been at least 20,000 peace officers killed in the line of duty in the United States.
Sources
- http://www.odmp.org/officer/16907-constable-darius-quimby
- http://www.reservepolice.org/History_of_Reserves.htm
- http://www.correctionhistory.org/hangings/hangdates2.html
- http://www.villageofshorewood.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={679B50AE-E6F1-4332-BB6A-FB101F9E6173}