Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Joseph Burman was struck by a train and killed while on duty in Madisonville. While on patrol, Sergeant Burman was walking along the railroad tracks. He stepped on the westbound track when an eastbound train was passing. He did not see the train on the westbound track traveling 60 miles per hour. He was struck and died instantly. Sergeant Burman had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over three years. He was preceded in death by his wife and child. He is buried at the St. Joseph New Cemetary in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Burman gave the Cincinnati Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Joseph Burman 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. Joseph Burman's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Burman Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Burman is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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