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Officer

David Harry Rose

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch February 20, 1971

Age 23

Tour of Duty 9 mo

Badge 3549

The Vigil Panel 108 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 130

Incident

Officer David Rose was accidentally shot and killed in Montgomery County, Maryland, following a pursuit of a robbery and kidnapping suspect that ended in Montgomery County. The suspect vehicle stopped on I-495, near University Boulevard, and a struggle ensued as they attempted to arrest the man. The officer's gun was discharged when his arm was bumped during the struggle. Officer Rose was a United States Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for nine months.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife and one child.

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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.
Officer Rose served with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Washington 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 Metropolitan Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 20, 1971

Tour of Duty 9 mo

Age 23

Badge Number 3549

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

David Harry Rose served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Officer David Harry Rose 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 32 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police Department, 48 of 131 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.6% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 131 officers

36.6% Accident

DC — Statewide

454

of 1,419 officers

32% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident