Phillip Lynwood Van Steinburg

Brunswick Police Department — Brunswick, MD

Accident

End of Watch September 5, 1968

Age 24

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Phillip Van Steinburg succumbed to injuries sustained one week earlier when he was involved in a crash during a high-speed pursuit.

He was traveling on Route 464 when he failed to negotiate a curve and crashed.

Patrolman Van Steinburg had served with the Brunswick Police Department for 18 months.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Patrolman Van Steinburg gave the Brunswick Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Brunswick community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Van Steinburg.

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

Agency

Department Brunswick Police Department

Location Brunswick, MD

Platform Identity bpd.frederick.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 5, 1968

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Weapon Automobile

Offender Not available

Patrolman Phillip Lynwood Van Steinburg 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Brunswick Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Brunswick Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident