Donald R. Richardson, Chief of Police
Davenport Police Department
Richardson was not only the Chief of Police but the only police officer in Davenport and Constable of District Six in Lincoln County which made him responsible for law enforcement in the wards of Davenport, South Keokuk, South Fox and Chandler Township.
About 9 A.M. on Tuesday, January 24, 1967, Richardson had gotten off duty and went to his home. As he was taking off his uniform, he tossed his pistol onto a chair and it accidentally discharged. The bullet hit Richardson in the left side of his abdomen and lodged in his right shoulder. He died about 6 P.M. after emergency surgery. Chief Richardson, 32, was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.