Police Officer

Andrew Rusinko

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch January 11, 1926
Age 24
Tour of Duty
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Rusinko was shot five times and killed by one of three men while on duty. Officer Rusinko was attempting to stop the robbery of a taxi which he witnessed outside the Central Savings Bank at Woodward and Six Mile Road. The killer later shot and wounded Hamtramck Officer John Mickley as Officer Mickley arrested the men. Officer Mickley fully recovered from his wounds but was later shot and killed while on duty in another incident. The killer, wanted for more than 100 robberies and a $15,000 reward for his capture, was sentenced to life. His two companions were sentenced to 40 years for numerous robberies. Officer Rusinko, who first donned his uniform on New Year's Day, was at the beginning of a six-month probationary period with the Detroit Police Department when he was killed.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Rusinko served with the Detroit Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Rusinko.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 11, 1926
Tour of Duty
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Andrew is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1926, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Andrew was 24. 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. Andrew had served 0 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Andrew among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Andrew Rusinko

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch January 11, 1926

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-E

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