Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Joseph Waldsachs died after falling down a set of stairs while conducting a routine inspection of a movie theater at 1432 West Lafayette Avenue.
He suffered a skull fracture when he fell as he was exiting a projection booth after speaking to the theater manager. He was transported to West Baltimore General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Officer Waldsachs had served with the Baltimore Police Department for 25 years and was assigned to the Northwestern District.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Waldsachs gave the Baltimore City Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Waldsachs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Joseph C. Waldsachs 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph C. Waldsachs's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph C. Waldsachs Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph C. Waldsachs is highlighted in Jan.
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