Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Patrick Doyle suffered a fatal heart attack during a struggle with a disorderly subject on Dauphin Street (modern day Broad Street), near Pacific Avenue, at approximately 7:30 pm.
He had been called to the scene of a disturbance where a drunk man had caused his dog to attack a neighbor's dog and was then challenging other neighbors to have their dogs fight. Patrolman Doyle ordered the man to go inside his home, at 5200 Dauphin Street, but the man instead went to his backyard and continued causing a disturbance.
A struggle ensued when Patrolman Doyle attempted to arrest him. Patrolman Doyle collapsed during the struggle. He was taken to a pump station across the street and a doctor was summoned.
The man was charged with murder but acquitted at trial.
Patrolman Doyle served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for three years.
Survivors
He was a widower and was survived by five young children.
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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Doyle gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Patrick F. Doyle is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 5 of 101 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Patrick F. Doyle's cause is highlighted.
How Patrick F. Doyle Compares
Offender Outcome
Acquitted
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Patrick F. Doyle is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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