William Schriver

Maryland Natural Resources Police — Annapolis, MD

Accident

End of Watch October 1, 1956

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Inspector William Schriver drowned after falling overboard from his patrol boat near the mouth of the Solomons Harbor. He was on patrol in the Patuxent River when he ran out of fuel. An oyster boat captain towed his boat back to a spot in the marina where Inspector Schriver said he would row the rest of the way. When he failed to return a search was initiated. His body was found floating in the harbor at approximately 4:40 am. It is believed he was attempting to start the motor one last time when he fell into the water. Inspector Schriver had been with the agency for one year.

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You barely got started.
Inspector Schriver gave the Maryland Natural Resources Police 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Annapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Schriver.

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

Agency

Department Maryland Natural Resources Police

Location Annapolis, MD

Platform Identity mnrcons.annearundel.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 1, 1956

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Inspector William Schriver 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 Maryland Natural Resources Police, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Maryland Natural Resources Police

of 5 officers

80% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident