Inspector William M. Moher
1864 - 1921

57 years old
Tour of Duty: 23 Years
Died on July 3, 1921

Cause of Death: Gunfire

Date of Incident: Saturday, July 2, 1921

Weapon Used : Hand-Gun

Suspect Info: Oscar Richard shot and killed by Inspector Moher.

Officer Ralph W. Miller
1950 - 1976

25 years old
Tour of Duty: 1 Years
Died on October 2, 1976

Cause of Death: Gunfire

Date of Incident: Saturday, October 2, 1976

Weapon Used : Hand-Gun

Suspect Info: Cleo Roy, age 15, sentence 55 Years to Life in State Prison.

Officer Miller joined the Manchester Police Department in 1975. He was a native of Manchester and had lived there most of his life. He was a 1970 graduate of Memorial High School and served in the United States Navy from 1972 – 1975 before joining the Department. He was a member of the Manchester Police Relief Association.

On the night of October 2, 1976, Officer Miller and Officer Alexander Dougherty went to a house on Hall Street to investigate a report of a loud music/party.

As the two officers approached the porch, they noticed the silhouette of a person standing behind a screen door. When the officers were approximately twenty feet from the door, at the foot of the porch steps, a shot from a high-powered rifle came from behind the door, hitting Officer Miller in the chest.

Officer Dougherty called for assistance on his radio and a teenager was apprehended and charged with the shooting. Officer Miller died shortly after arriving at Catholic Medical Center-East. He was 25 years old.

He was survived by his wife and daughters

Officer Michael Briggs
1971 - 2006

35 years old
Tour of Duty: 5 Years
Died on October 17, 2006

Cause of Death: Gunfire

Date of Incident: Monday , October 16, 2006, 2:45 a.m.

Weapon Used : Hand-Gun

Suspect Info: Michael "Stix" Addison, 26  .Manchester Police escorted Addison back to the Queen City on November 6, 2006 after he waived extradition at the district court in Dorchester, Mass.

Procession to Memorial Service

Memorial Service

On the Night of October 16, 2006 at about 2:45 a.m. Bicycle Patrol Officer Michael Briggs, 35 and Officer John Breckinridge his partner were on bicycle patrol and want to the area of Lincoln Street, between Lake Avenue and Central Street in Manchester to investigate reports of gunshots being fired during a domestic incident. Briggs and the other officer were looking for Michael "Stix" Addison, 26, of Manchester, when they spotted him with another man. Addison turned and allegedly shot Briggs, in the head.

Briggs was taken by ambulance to Elliot Hospital where he was listed in critical and "very grave" condition. Officer Briggs died from his wounds the next day, October 17,2006.

About 15 hours after the shooting, Addison, of Manchester was arrested at his grandmother's house in Dorchester section of Boston MA. Manchester Police escorted Addison back to the Queen City on November 6, 2006 after he waived extradition at the district court in Dorchester, Mass..  Addison was arranged in Manchester District Court on Capital Murder charge in the slaying of Officer Michael Briggs.

New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said she will seek the death penalty in this case..

Addison was also charged with an Oct. 11, 2006 robbery of the 7-Eleven in Hudson NH and criminal liability to reckless conduct in a shooting Sunday at 348 Edward J. Roy Drive, Manchester where several shots were fired, missing a father and son by inches.

Briggs was one of four Manchester officers honored last year with New Hampshire Hero Awards. On July 25, 2004, the four helped 19 people escape a burning apartment building at 418 Union St., a few blocks from where he was gunned down.

He has been with the department for five years and previously worked as a correctional officer at the Valley Street jail. He also had worked part-time for the Epsom Police Department from 1996 to 2001.

He was survived by his wife and two sons ( 8 & 11).