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Reserve Officer

Andrew Ferman Sharp

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 17, 1963

Age 54

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 98 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 49

Incident

Reserve Officer Pete Sharp succumbed to injuries sustained three weeks earlier when he was struck by two cars at Wayzata Boulevard and Cedar Lake Road

He was directing traffic at the city's Aquatennial Parade when the two speeding cars entered the area. One of the cars stopped suddenly near Officer Sharp. The second car struck the first car from the rear, causing both cars to slide into Officer Sharp and a second reserve officer.

Both officers were transported to a local hospital where Reserve Officer Sharp succumbed to his injuries three weeks later. The other officer had his left foot amputated as a result of the accident.

Reserve Officer Sharp was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and had served with the Minneapolis Police Department's Reserve Unit for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, and grandson.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Reserve Officer Sharp gave the Minneapolis Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Minneapolis Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Platform Identity mpd.hennepin.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1963

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Andrew Ferman Sharp served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Reserve Officer Andrew Ferman Sharp is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 28.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Minneapolis Police Department, 15 of 50 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Minneapolis Police Department

of 50 officers

30% Accident

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

28.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident