Lewis William Hall

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH

Accident Veteran

End of Watch November 30, 1948

Age 25

Tour of Duty 7 mo

The Vigil Panel 85 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Lewis Hall was killed in a motorcycle crash while on duty on Queen City Avenue. At 1:50 p.m. that afternoon, Patrolman Hall paced a speeding car and activated his lights and his siren as they traveled outbound on Queen City Avenue. The car did not pull over. In the 2300 block, just past Sunset Avenue, the car and motorcycle were side-by-side. The driver of the car veered right, forcing the motorcycle off the road, but Patrolman Hall dodged the obstacles and came back onto the road to continue the pursuit. He crashed the motorcycle into a utility pole at 2450 Queen City Avenue. There were no witnesses to the crash, but it seemed likely that he was forced off the road again. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a broken neck, fractures of his right hip and leg, a crushed chest, a fractured skull, and internal injuries. The driver of the speeding car was never identified. Patrolman Hall was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for only seven months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Hall served with the Cincinnati Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Cincinnati Police Department

Location Cincinnati, OH

Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 30, 1948

Tour of Duty 7 mo

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lewis William Hall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Lewis William Hall 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Cincinnati Police Department, 32 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this agency's fallen.

Cincinnati Police Department

of 106 officers

30.2% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident