August Schneider

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Accident

End of Watch August 26, 1898

Age 45

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1,236

Incident

Patrolman Schneider, of the Street Inspection Squad, was killed when he fell through stairs of a building he was inspecting.

Patrolman Schneider noticed construction material in the street in front of 221 West 28th Street in Manhattan and entered the building to talk to the contractor. As he walked across two narrow planks to gain access to the basement he fell through them to the basement floor striking his head. Patrolman Schneider died before an ambulance could arrive.

Patrolman Schneider served with the New York City Police Department for six years.

Rest in peace knowing that no passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice by your fellow law enforcement.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) August 26th, 2020

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Tributes

128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Schneider gave the New York City Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 26, 1898

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman August Schneider 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At New York City Police Department, 283 of 1237 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.9% of this agency's fallen.

New York City Police Department

283

of 1,237 officers

22.9% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident