Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Anthony Rahe succumbed to head and leg injuries sustained the previous day while responding to a fire alarm call. As he was responding to the fire alarm turned in from the Fort Pitt Hotel a vehicle pulled out in front of his motorcycle from a parking lot at 10th Street and Fort Duquesne Way. He was taken to Mercy Hospital where he succumbed to his injury while being operated on to set his leg fracture. The driver of the vehicle was arrested and brought in front of a coroner's jury. Patrolman Rahe was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWI and had served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for more than two years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, mother, and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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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.
Patrolman Rahe gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Anthony E. Rahe served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Anthony E. Rahe 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 38 of 101 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony E. Rahe's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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