James J. Carmody

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO

Accident

End of Watch May 31, 1934

Age 50

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 175

Incident

Police Officer James Carmody was struck and killed by a streetcar at Oakland Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard after taking a young girl to the hospital. He accidentally stepped in front of the streetcar as it approached. Officer Carmody had been with his agency for 27 years.

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27 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Carmody gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Carmody.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Location St. Louis, MO

Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 31, 1934

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer James J. Carmody 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 56 of 176 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.8% of this agency's fallen.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

of 176 officers

31.8% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident