Leo Bacon

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Accident

End of Watch October 9, 1936

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

The Vigil Panel 72 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Officer Bacon succumbed to injuries sustained on February 26, 1932, while helping move a home through the intersection of Eutaw Street and Saratoga Street. The injury caused kidney damage which led to the onset of pneumonia. He died as a result of the injury on October 9, 1936. Officer Bacon had been with the Baltimore Police Department for almost 9 years and was assigned to the Traffic Division at the time of the accident.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bacon gave the Baltimore City Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bacon.

— 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 October 9, 1936

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Leo Bacon 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