Frederick F. Shaumeyer

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, KS

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch February 12, 1948

Age 30

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 19

Incident

Patrolman Fred Shaumeyer succumbed to injuries sustained when he fell off of a railroad bridge while investigating reports of a car parked on the Frisco Railroad tracks. He and his partner met a railroad special agent at the railroad yards and then went to the location of the vehicle. After determining that the vehicle was located in the county, outside of the city limits, Patrolman Shaumeyer started to return to his patrol car to alert county authorities. As he returned to his car, he slipped on railroad tracks and fell approximately 20 feet to the ice-covered Turkey Creek. He was transported to Providence Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries two days later. Patrolman Shaumeyer was a United States WWII Navy Reserve veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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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.
Patrolman Shaumeyer served with the Kansas City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City 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 Kansas City Police Department

Type Other

Location Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS

Platform Identity kpd.wyandotte.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 12, 1948

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Frederick F. Shaumeyer served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Frederick F. Shaumeyer 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 KS, 66 of 335 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.7% of this state's fallen. That is 19.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Kansas City Police Department, 3 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 15% of this agency's fallen.

Kansas City Police Department

of 20 officers

15% Accident

KS — Statewide

of 335 officers

19.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident