Paul Pawlowski
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Police Officer

Paul Pawlowski

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Accident
End of Watch December 21, 1932
Age 26
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Pawlowski was struck and killed by a streetcar while directing school children at the intersection of Third Street and Peterboro.

Officer Pawlowski had served with the Detroit Police Department for 2 years.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Pawlowski gave the Detroit Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Pawlowski.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Detroit, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 21, 1932
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Paul Pawlowski 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Detroit Police Department, 58 of 250 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this agency's fallen.

Detroit Police Department
58
of 250 officers
23.2% Accident
MI — Statewide
229
of 718 officers
31.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul Pawlowski's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Paul Pawlowski Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Pawlowski is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location