James T. Dunn

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Accident

End of Watch June 20, 1894

Age 34

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Police Officer James Dunn and Police Officer Michael Neary were struck and killed by a Northern Central Railway train in the Jones Falls area while investigating reports of illegal swimmers. The officers were walking across the North Central Railway's railroad bridge between E Chase Street, E Eager Street, and Barclay Street when they were struck. Officer Dunn had served with the agency for 3.5 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and 6-month-old son.

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Tributes

132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Dunn gave the Baltimore City Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Dept.

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 20, 1894

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer James T. Dunn 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.

of 151 officers

34.4% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident