Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Peter Sprott was killed when his aircraft crashed. Detective Sprott died at 6:15 a.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital after the plane he was riding in crashed at the Gratiot Airport in Roseville. The detective and his partner had seized the plane on a complaint that it had been stolen and were flying it back to Detroit when it crashed during take-off. Detective Sprott served with the Detroit Police Department for seven years. He was survived by his wife and daughter. His uncle was a former police superintendent. The Gratiot Airport was located where the current-day Eastgate Shopping Center is located.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Sprott gave the Detroit Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sprott.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Peter J. Sprott 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 Detroit Police Department, 58 of 250 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Peter J. Sprott's cause is highlighted.
How Peter J. Sprott Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Peter J. Sprott is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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