Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer August Schwind succumbed to injuries sustained when he was thrown from his horse on Jefferson Drive near Clayton Avenue in Forest Park. He was returning to the Forest Park Station when his horse began to gallop. As he tried to get control of the horse he was thrown from it and suffered a fractured skull. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to the injuries four hours later. Officer Schwind had served with the agency for 21 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
21 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Schwind gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Schwind.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer August Schwind 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 56 of 176 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. August Schwind's cause is highlighted.
How August Schwind Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. August Schwind is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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