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Police Officer

Arthur L. Pascolini

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch July 2, 1929

Age 37

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 1787

The Vigil Panel 57 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 249

Incident

Officer Pascolini accidentally shot and killed himself while removing his gun from its holster. He and his partner had responded to the scene of a call where a cat had been struck by a car at Mitchell Street and Theodore Street. Officer Pascolini was removing his holster to put the cat out its misery when he accidentally discharged the weapon and the round struck him. He was taken to the hospital by his partner where died from a loss of blood.

Survivors

Officer Pascolini, a WWI veteran, had served with the Detroit Police Department for 5 years and was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: August 2, 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 Pascolini gave the Detroit Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit 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 Detroit Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1929

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 37

Badge Number 1787

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Arthur L. Pascolini served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Arthur L. Pascolini 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 31.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Detroit Police Department, 58 of 250 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this agency's fallen.

Detroit Police Department

of 250 officers

23.2% Accident

MI — Statewide

229

of 718 officers

31.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident