Probationary Clarence Roscoe Cummings

On a tragic evening in Detroit, Michigan, Probationary Police Officer Clarence Roscoe Cummings, a 25-year-old male, lost his life in the line of duty. On Friday, March 25, 1904, with only one week left in his probationary period, the young officer responded to a domestic disturbance that would prove to be his final call. The incident began earlier that evening when a woman was threatened and locked out of her home on Saint Joseph Street by her husband. Seeking help, she and a friend first went t ...