John A. Stapf

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Accident

End of Watch November 2, 1934

Tour of Duty 33 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Officer Stapf was struck and killed by a trolley car on North Avenue underneath the Western Maryland Railroad bridge. He was attempting to cross the street and walked passed one stopped trolley car and into the path of an oncoming trolley.

Officer Stapf had been with the Baltimore Police Department for 33.5 years and was assigned to the Northwestern District.

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Tributes

33 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Stapf gave the Baltimore City Police Department 33 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 Stapf.

— 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 November 2, 1934

Tour of Duty 33 yrs 6 mo

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer John A. Stapf 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