Police Officer

Robert Allen Draper

Anniston Police Department — Anniston, AL
Accident
End of Watch January 27, 1927
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Robert Draper was accidentally shot and killed in the Anniston Police Station when a confiscated pistol was accidentally discharged.

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

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

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Type Police Department
Location Anniston, Calhoun County, AL
Platform Identity apd.calhoun.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 27, 1927
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1927, 114 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Robert was 23. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Anniston Police Department has 15 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Police Officer Robert Allen Draper

Anniston Police Department · End of Watch January 27, 1927

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