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Police Officer

Peter William Faatz

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 3, 2006

Age 29

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 4 mo

The Vigil Panel 154 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 87

Incident

Police Officer Peter Faatz succumbed to injuries he received when his patrol car collided with an ambulance at the intersection of Hank Aaron Drive and Milton Avenue, near Turner Field, as both vehicles were responding to a shooting call.

Both vehicles had their sirens and lights activated when they collided at the intersection. Officer Faatz was the only person in the squad car. The occupants of the ambulance were not critically injured.

Officer Faatz had served with the Atlanta Police Department for 16 months.

Rest in peace Officer Faatz.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis May 16th, 2022

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Police Officer Faatz gave the Atlanta Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Faatz.

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

Agency

Department Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 3, 2006

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 4 mo

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Military Service

Peter William Faatz served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1999â2003) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Peter William Faatz is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In GA, 264 of 905 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Atlanta Police Department, 29 of 88 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33% of this agency's fallen.

Atlanta Police Department

of 88 officers

33% Accident

GA — Statewide

264

of 905 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident