Officer

Frederick W. Bauer

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC
Accident
End of Watch June 6, 1930
Age 40
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Frederick Bauer succumbed to serious back injuries sustained four months earlier while acting as a member of a raiding party on a "numbers" establishment in the Second Precinct. While attempting to lift a heavy floor safe he crushed two vertebrae in his back. He was taken to George Washington Hospital where he remained until succumbing to his injuries. Officer Bauer had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Bauer gave the Metropolitan Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Bauer.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 6, 1930
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Frederick is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1930, 113 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 3rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Frederick was 40. 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. Frederick had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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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

Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.

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Where

Officer Frederick W. Bauer

Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch June 6, 1930

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-E

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