Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Michael Kahl was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car rear-ended a flat-bed truck that was making a left turn.
Chief Kahl had served as the chief of the 8-officer Gramercy Police Department for approximately one year and had served in law enforcement for a total of 15 year.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Kahl gave the Gramercy Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gramercy community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Kahl.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Michael Charles Kahl, Sr. is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Charles Kahl, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Michael Charles Kahl, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Charles Kahl, Sr. is highlighted in Oct.