Roy McKee

Saginaw Police Department — Saginaw, MI

Accident

End of Watch May 13, 1927

Age 32

Tour of Duty 10 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Patrolman Roy McKee succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle on Gratiot Street. As Patrolman McKee approached an intersection, he passed another car that unexpectedly turned left, sideswiping the motorcycle and throwing Patrolman McKee into the street. Patrolman Roy McKee died of a skull fracture in the hospital the next day. The driver of the car which struck Patrolman McKee was a close friend of the officer and never saw the motorcycle approaching when the accident happened. He had served with the Saginaw Police Department for only ten months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman McKee served with the Saginaw Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Saginaw community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McKee.

— 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 May 13, 1927

Tour of Duty 10 mo

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Weapon Automobile

Offender Not available

Patrolman Roy McKee 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