Frank Piszczek
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Police Officer

Frank Piszczek

Milwaukee Police Department — Milwaukee, WI
Felonious
End of Watch June 22, 1884
Age 34
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Badge 188
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Frank Piszczek was shot and killed after arresting a man at the Union Depot near 2nd Street and Seeboth Street. As he walked the prisoner to jail, located at First Street and Florida Street, the man pulled out a revolver and shot him. The subject fled as Officer Piszczek returned fire, but was never apprehended. Fellow officers heard the shot and found Officer Piszczek and took him back to the station where he passed away in a sleeping room. Officer Piszczek had served with the Milwaukee Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and five children.

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142 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Piszczek gave the Milwaukee Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Platform Identity mpd.milwaukee.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 22, 1884
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 34
Badge Number 188
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frank is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1884, 52 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 137th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frank was 34. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Frank had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Milwaukee Police Department has 69 officers remembered here, Frank among them.

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Where

Police Officer Frank Piszczek

Milwaukee Police Department · End of Watch June 22, 1884

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