Salt Lake City Police Department
Honoring Our Fallen
Detective Green B. Hamby
Killed in the Line of Duty
February 8, 1921
Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across the street from this site. Acting on a tip, Hamby and other officers went to the Nord Hotel at 59 1⁄2 East 200 South. While attempting to gain access to a room where the men had been staying, Detective Hamby was shot in the head by a
fourth suspect hiding inside. The suspect was killed by return fire from the other officers.
Hamby, 49, was married and had three children. Detective Hamby is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Learn more about all of SLCPD’s fallen officers at http://www.slcpd.com.
Proudly Sponsored by the John W. Gallivan Utah Center Erected by the Police History Project, April 2013
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This marker is located at the Gallivan Center at 239 South Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah