Zigmund Ozerajtys

Saginaw Police Department — Saginaw, MI

Accident

End of Watch July 29, 1926

Age 27

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Zigmund Ozerajtys was part of a detail assigned to check a train arriving in Saginaw from Mackinaw City. Police received information that four bank robbers were on the train. When the train stopped at the West Genessee Crossing, four youths jumped off the train and began to flee. Patrolman Ozerajtys chased one of the youths and caught him. Another officer who was chasing the same youth began to holster his weapon since Patrolman Ozerajtys had captured the suspect. This officer's weapon fired accidentally, striking Officer Ozerajtys in the left hip. Bystanders rushed to the officer's aid, taking him by car to a nearby hospital. Patrolman Zigmund Ozerajtys died shortly after arriving at the hospital. Patrolman Ozeraitys had been with the agency for three years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Ozerajtys gave the Saginaw Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saginaw community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Ozerajtys.

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

Agency

Department Saginaw Police Department

Location Saginaw, MI

Platform Identity spd.saginaw.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 29, 1926

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Zigmund Ozerajtys 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 Saginaw Police Department, 2 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Saginaw Police Department

of 8 officers

25% Accident

MI — Statewide

229

of 718 officers

31.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident