Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Dwyer fell down a flight of steps while searching for a suspect in a building. He was taken to Saint Joseph's Hospital where they operated on his head injuries. Detective Dwyer later died from his injuries. Detective Dwyer had been with the agency for 20 years.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Dwyer gave the Kansas City Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Dwyer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective John Dwyer 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Kansas City Police Department, 47 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Dwyer's cause is highlighted.
How John Dwyer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Dwyer is highlighted in Jun.
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