Andrew Louis Schlechtweg

Stamford Police Department — Stamford, CT

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 26, 1938

Age 41

Tour of Duty 13 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Police Officer Andrew Schlechtweg was killed in a motorcycle accident while on patrol. He was driving on Post Road (Route 1) when he was struck by a car near Courtland Avenue. He was thrown across the road and suffered a severe head injury. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries that evening. Officer Schlechtweg was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWI.

Survivors

He had been with the Stamford Police Department for over 13 years and was survived by his wife, daughter, and mother.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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.
Police Officer Schlechtweg gave the Stamford Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Stamford community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Stamford Police Department

Location Stamford, CT

Platform Identity spd.western.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 26, 1938

Tour of Duty 13 yrs 6 mo

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Andrew Louis Schlechtweg served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Andrew Louis Schlechtweg is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In CT, 73 of 169 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Stamford Police Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Stamford Police Department

of 5 officers

60% Accident

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

43.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident