LVMPD Remembers...

Deputy Sheriff Winnie A. Hansen

End of Watch:  Tuesday, December 26, 1950
 

Deputy Sheriff Winnie Austin Hansen was a member of the Clark County Sheriff’s Department. On December 26, 1950, Deputy Sheriff Hansen and his partner stopped a vehicle in front of the Green Shack Restaurant on Boulder Highway. An oncoming vehicle struck the door of the stopped vehicle and, in turn, Deputy Hansen was struck. Deputy Hansen was 56.