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Patrolman

Robert F. Lisska

Columbus Division of Police — Columbus, OH

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch May 26, 1965

Age 31

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Badge 97

The Vigil Panel 100 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 58

Incident

Patrolman Robert Lisska succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle crash one month earlier. Patrolman Lisska was traveling on West Broad Street when a vehicle merged into his lane and forced him to the curb. He was thrown against a metal light pole. He was transported to the Mount Carmel Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Patrolman Lisska had served with the Columbus Division of Police for six years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Lisska gave the Columbus Division of Police 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Lisska.

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

Agency

Department Columbus Division of Police

Type Other

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity cdpd.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 26, 1965

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 31

Badge Number 97

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Robert F. Lisska served in the U.S. Air Force (1952â1956) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Robert F. Lisska 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Columbus Division of Police, 19 of 59 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.2% of this agency's fallen.

Columbus Division of Police

of 59 officers

32.2% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident