Roll of Honor
Frederick T. Schmidt
Incident
Deputy Game Protector Federick Schmidt succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day near Macedon, Wayne County, while searching for people illegally hunting on a Sunday. Area game wardens had received complaints about foreigners hunting illegally on their property in the previous weeks.
He was accompanied by his 11-year-old son and another game protector when they encountered a subject hunting on a farm on the state road between Macedon and Fairport. When Deputy Game Protector Schmidt called out to the man the subject opened fire on him with a shotgun, striking him in the head before fleeing.
Deputy Game Protector Schmidt was transported to the Homeopathic Hospital in Rochester where he died the following day.
Deputy Game Protector Schmidt was survived by his wife, three sons, daughter, and sister.
Survivors
Deputy Game Protector Schmidt was survived by his wife, three sons, daughter, and sister.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Game Protector Schmidt served with the New York State Environmental Conservation Police.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Game Protector Schmidt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Deputy Game Protector Frederick T. Schmidt is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NY, 728 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.9% of this state's fallen. That is 33.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York State Environmental Conservation Police, 4 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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