Patrolman

August W. Hasenkamp

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Accident
End of Watch December 17, 1888
The Vigil Panel 9 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Hasenkamp succumbed to injuries sustained when he fell while on duty.

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138 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Hasenkamp served with the Cincinnati Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 1888
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

August is one of 8,274 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1888, 7 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 139th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, August among them.

Across the years

Patrolman August W. Hasenkamp

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch December 17, 1888

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-W

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