Hartford Police Officer Henry Jennings

Killed in the line of duty May 25, 1964

Hartford Police Officer Henry Jennings was appointed a patrolman on February 29, 1960.  His life came to a tragic end when he was killed while trying to apprehend a criminal suspect on May 25, 1964.

Family of fallen Hartford Police Officer Henry Jennings:  In wheel chair, Mrs. Daisy Jones, Aunt, behind the family of Debbie Jennings-Sales, Officer Henry Jennings daughter, with left to right, Captain Brian Heavren, Deputy Chief Paul Hammick, Chief Daryl K. Roberts, Deputy Chief Neil Dryfe, Assistant Chief Jose L. Lopez, Sr., and Chief of Staff Lieutenant Dustin Rendock, at the Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial on Wednesday, May 23, 2007, State Police Academy, Meriden, Connecticut.

Henry Jennings Memorial Stone
Wreath Laying by Hartford Police Department, May 2004

Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial
National Peace Officers Memorial
The Officer Down Memorial Page