Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman John Tegge succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier when he fell in a street.
Patrolman Tegge had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for a combined 13 years. He was predeceased by his wife.
He is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetary in Price Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
137 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Tegge gave the Cincinnati Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman John Tegge 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Cincinnati Police Department, 32 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Tegge's cause is highlighted.
How John Tegge Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Tegge is highlighted in Dec.
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