Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Theodore Uzdilla was fatally struck by a school bus carrying a high school band to a football game while directing traffic at the intersection of Sans Souci Parkway and Dundee Cross Road.
Patrolman Uzdilla, who was working an overtime detail for the department after it was requested by a new supermarket for officers to direct traffic at the intersection on certain days of the week. He had stopped northbound traffic so a vehicle traveling south could make a left turn into the supermarket. As he was directing the vehicle into the supermarket a school bus traveling north in a passing lane struck the vehicle in the middle of the intersection before striking Patrolman Uzdilla. Patrolman Uzdilla was taken to Mercy Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver of the school bus, who was not qualified to drive it, was found guilty of negligence by a coroner's jury. The first involuntary manslaughter trial in April 1960 ended in a mistrial. The subject pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter at a second trial in June 1960 and ordered to pay prosecution costs.
Patrolman Theodore Uzdilla had served with the Hanover Township Police Department for 20 years. He was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters. six grandchildren, and siblings.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.
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20 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Uzdilla gave the Hanover Township Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Hanover community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Uzdilla.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Theodore Albert Uzdilla is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.9 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Theodore Albert Uzdilla's cause is highlighted.
How Theodore Albert Uzdilla Compares
Offender Outcome
Convicted of manslaughter
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Theodore Albert Uzdilla is highlighted in Oct.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Theodore Albert Uzdilla was killed by automobile; bus.