Roy L. Mitchell
Police Officer

Roy L. Mitchell

Baltimore Police Dept. — 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.

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BO-US-MD-0E8B77B4
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Last updated
July 23, 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

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

Baltimore Police Dept.
52
of 151 officers
34.4% Accident
MD — Statewide
140
of 377 officers
37.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% 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
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
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
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897