Thursday, May 12, 2011

County Commissioner George Dunlap Forgets the Names of Fallen CMPD Officers



Mecklenburg County Commissioner and "retired" CMPD officer George Dunlap has a short memory. In a widely circulated email Dunlap asks where to find the names of CMPD officers killed in the line of duty.

Commissioner, all you have to do is look at the wall at CMPD's training academy. As a "retired" CMPD officer you could also look at the back of the memorial badge you obviously didn't bother to purchase. You could ask a CMPD officer to look at the back of his/her badge or just visit the CMPD web site, which is here.

Commissioner Dunlap's email:

From: George Dunlap
To: bshowie
Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 6:59 pm
Subject: RE: Police Week and BBQ

Sally, would you please send this message out. I would be very much appreciative. Additionally, If you know how to contact the families of the deceased officers or know who can, I would appreciate you letting me know. Thanks!

On Tuesday, The County Commission will adopt a proclamation in support of National Police and the sacrifice made by our deceased officers. You are all invited to attend. Additionally, I would like to recognize the families of deceased officers who lost their life in the line of duty. If any of you are in contact with the families, please extend to them this invitation to attend the County Commission meeting at 6:00 pm, in the Government chamber, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, for this recognition.

Additionally, I would like to read the names of the deceased officers at that time. If any of you have that information or know how it can be obtained, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

George Dunlap
County Commission
District 3
Retired CMPD, 2005

The "complete" list of Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officers killed in the line of duty:

Police Officer Fred Thornton
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Friday, February 25, 2011
Cause of Death: Explosion

Police Officer Sean Clark
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Sunday, April 1, 2007
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Jeff Shelton
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Sunday, April 1, 2007
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Anthony Scott Futrell
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident

Police Officer Anthony A. Nobles
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, October 5, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer John Thomas Burnette
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, October 5, 1993
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Eugene A. Griffin
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Friday, November 22, 1991
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Milus Terry Lyles
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, August 6, 1990
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Robert Louis Smith
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, January 15, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Timothy Wayne Whittington,
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1985
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Ernest Coleman,
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, July 1, 1982
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Edmond N. Cannon
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, November 23, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer Ronnie E. McGraw
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: October 17, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Sergeant Lewis Edward Robinson, Sr.
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: May 4, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Police Officer Johnny Reed Annas
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, May 21, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Charlie Herbert Baker,
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, April 12, 1941
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Rufus Biggers
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: February 12, 1937
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer Charles P. Nichols
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Patrol Officer Benjamin H. Frye,
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, June 9, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Thomas H. Jenkins,
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, October 21, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer William S. Rogers
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: August 30, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Detective Harvey Edgar Correll
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, January 22, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrol Officer Robert M. Reid,
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, January 1, 1927
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Detective John North Byers (Not on offical CMPD list)
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Thursday, September 30, 1926
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Chief of Detectives Joseph Eckels Orr (Not on offical CMPD list)
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Wednesday, September 29, 1926
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Officer John Franklin Fesperman
Charlotte Police Department, NC
Saturday, February 16, 1924,
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer John Robert Estridge (Not on offical CMPD list)
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Saturday, March 29, 1913
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Officer James H. Brown (Not on offical CMPD list)
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Tuesday, August 2, 1904
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Patrol Officer James Moran
Charlotte Police Department, NC
EOW: Monday, April 4, 1892
Cause of Death: Gunfire

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cedar Dunlap was a CMPD officer? Really?

No too bright is he?

Thanks for posting the list.

Anonymous said...

Not "retired".......left under a cloud of suspicion.....and no,he does not ever seem very "bright", ever!

Anonymous said...

Cedar why are several of the way back officers omitted from the CMPD list?

Anon said...

He should be ashamed of himself on so many different levels!

Anonymous said...

Anon 11:40 said: "Not "retired".......left under a cloud of suspicion...". Sounds a lot like Nick Mackey too. Why do these tool bags repeatedly end up in public office around here after they've left public service under sketchy circumstances????

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't take up on behalf of George, but my reading of his email seemes to me that he is too lazy to get information himself. He also seemed to want to find out how to reach the family of the officers and did nit know how to do that.
Only Anonymous So I do not log in anything.
Jim K

Anonymous said...

I noticed all the prior comments have been deleted.

Very interesting.

Anonymous said...

What is EOW? I'd guess its a cop thing but I give up.

Anonymous said...

EOW is End of Watch....

Anonymous said...

I think that Byers and Orr are to be added this week. It seems ashame that Dunlap would leave out the other Sheriff's Deputies, county police officers, DMV officer and the FBI agent killed here.

Anonymous said...

Personally I think George is well intended. Cut him some slack.. please.

I could add some comments about Ebonics & his 'community' however I think your readers understand these systemic handicaps.

IMHO George is far superior to Vilma who is indeed a racist.

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Anonymous said...

Why were all the previous comments deleted???? That's never happened on this blog before.

Anonymous said...

Folks, Blogger went down Friday and that is why all comments are gone. Cedar did not delete them. Blogger did because they had to do a complete restore.

Anonymous said...

how would i be able to get one of the badges my great grandfather was on the list of killed in the line of duty