Fallen Phoenix police officers: On Nov. 2, 1973, Officer Michael D. Hemschmeyer (Badge No. 1845) was killed in a traffic accident while responding to another officer's call for assistance. A sedan had pulled over for the officer's emergency lights but was struck from behind by a garbage truck. The force of the collision threw the vehicle into the path of the approaching patrol car. Hemschmeyer, 32, was a four-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department.