Roy L. Mitchell
Police Officer

Roy L. Mitchell

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Accident
End of Watch November 1, 1925
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Mitchell was stuck by a vehicle while on duty and died from his injuries four days later.

Officer Mitchell had been with the agency for one and a half years.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-MD-0E8B77B4
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Last updated
August 2, 2026

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 1, 1925
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Roy L. Mitchell 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 37.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Baltimore Police Department, 52 of 151 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.4% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Department
52
of 151 officers
34.4% Accident
MD — Statewide
140
of 377 officers
37.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy L. Mitchell's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Roy L. Mitchell Compares

Years of Service
1.5
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roy L. Mitchell is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897