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Chief of Police

Daniel V. Rosemeier

Bellevue Borough Police Department — Bellevue, PA

Cardiac

End of Watch July 6, 1934

Age 55

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief of Police Daniel Rosemeier suffered a fatal heart attack while chasing a 19-year-old man whose mother had reported as a runaway.

The mother feared the subject was attempting to leave town on a freight train, so Chief Rosemeier was checking the railroad tracks. He located the man near the Emsworth Station and gave chase when the man ran along the tracks. Chief Rosemeier collapsed during the foot pursuit, and was then carried to a local business office by the man. He was pronounced dead at the office.

Chief Rosemeier had served with the Bellevue Borough Police Department for 26 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Rosemeier gave the Bellevue Borough Police Department 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Bellevue community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Rosemeier.

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

Agency

Department Bellevue Borough Police Department

Location Bellevue, PA

Platform Identity bellpd.allegheny.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 6, 1934

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 55

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Chief of Police Daniel V. Rosemeier is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

Bellevue Borough Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

PA — Statewide

118

of 1,261 officers

9.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel V. Rosemeier's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Daniel V. Rosemeier Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service