Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Zapp was struck and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad locomotive while walking near the tracks on South Baltimore Street during a severe thunderstorm. The intensity of the storm prevented him from seeing the approaching train. Officer Zapp had served with the agency for 19 years.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Zapp gave the Baltimore City Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Jacob Zapp 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Baltimore Police Dept., 52 of 151 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jacob Zapp's cause is highlighted.
How Jacob Zapp Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jacob Zapp is highlighted in Jul.
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