Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Robert Drake succumbed to injuries sustained in a fall while on duty. Officer Drake was found on a pile of lumber at the base of a fifteen-foot drop into an elevator shaft at 34 North Broadway. He had gone on duty on the evening of October 10th, 1930, assigned to a different partner for the early morning. It appeared that he fell into the shaft around midnight, but wasn’t found until building employees discovered him the next morning. He was unconscious and died shortly afterward. Officer Drake had served with the Portland Police Bureau for 18 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Drake gave the Portland Police Bureau 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Portland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Drake.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Robert E. Drake 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 OR, 66 of 197 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Portland Police Bureau, 16 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert E. Drake's cause is highlighted.
How Robert E. Drake Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert E. Drake is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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