Frank Snay

Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety — Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Accident

End of Watch December 13, 1946

Age 48

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sergeant Frank Snay was killed in an automobile crash at 4:30 am when his patrol was struck by another vehicle at the intersection of Lakepointe Street and Fairfax Avenue. He was stopped at a stop sign when another vehicle entered the intersection at high speeds and struck him. Sergeant Snay had served with the Grosse Pointe Park Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Snay gave the Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Snay.

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

Agency

Department Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety

Location Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Platform Identity gppdps.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 13, 1946

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Frank Snay 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety

of 5 officers

40% Accident

MI — Statewide

229

of 718 officers

31.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident