Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Albert Grosskopf suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to the scene of a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex in the downtown district.
He had responded to the scene in a city ambulance and collapsed while overseeing the response of more than 50 police officers. He was transported to a local hospital where he passed away.
The fire he had responded to was the fifth fire in less than one week. Lieutenant Michael Thiesenhusen, with the Milwaukee Fire Department, suffered a fatal heart attack at another fire only 15 hours earlier.
Lieutenant Grosskopf had served with the Milwaukee Police Department for 26 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and one child.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
26 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Grosskopf gave the Milwaukee Police Department 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Grosskopf.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Albert Charles Grosskopf is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WI, 23 of 317 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.3% of this state's fallen. That is 3.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Milwaukee Police Department, 3 of 69 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert Charles Grosskopf's cause is highlighted.
How Albert Charles Grosskopf Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Charles Grosskopf is highlighted in Feb.
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