Detective

John Dwyer

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Accident
End of Watch June 5, 1906
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Dwyer fell down a flight of steps while searching for a suspect in a building. He was taken to Saint Joseph's Hospital where they operated on his head injuries. Detective Dwyer later died from his injuries. Detective Dwyer had been with the agency for 20 years.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Dwyer gave the Kansas City Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Dwyer.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 5, 1906
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

John is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1906, 27 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 118th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

Across the years

Detective John Dwyer

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch June 5, 1906

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-W

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