Badge:  24
Age:  25
Served: 1 year 9 mos
March 28, 1983 to December 30, 1984

On December 30, 1984, Officers Jansen of 72 Gaddis Drive, Ft. Thomas, Greg Cooper, and Barry Nicholson responded to an anonymous report of a man waving a firearm in the 700 block of York Street.  Officer Jansen was in the lead as the three rounded the corner of a house at 722 York Street.  About 1:15 a.m.. He looked through a side window of the house near the front and stated, “There is a man with a gun.”  Immediately after, gunfire erupted, and Officer Jansen was shot twice in the back, with one bullet ricocheting off a rib, through a lung, and into his spine.  At first it was thought that the man with the gun, Ricky D. McIntosh, shot Officer Jansen through a window.  It was later determined that he was accidentally shot by another officer. 

The Newport Life Squad took Officer Jansen to St. Luke Hospital, though there were no vital signs at the scene.  He was pronounced dead at 2:20 a.m.

Officer Jansen left a wife, Karen, and two children, Melissa (2) and Anthony Jr. (6 mos).  Officer Jansen’s two brothers were also police officers; Michael (23) with the Newport Police Department and Ken (26) with the Boone County Police Department.

Anyone with additional informaiton with regard to family, artifacts, or photographs of this officer, are asked to contact the Museum Director at Director@GCPHS.com.