Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Henry Roese succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained three months earlier when his revolver fell to the ground and discharged as he stepped onto a streetcar in front of the 10th District Station on Colerain Avenue. The accident occurred only one week after he was sworn in. Patrolman Roese was survived by his mother. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Survivors
Patrolman Roese was survived by his mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Substitute Patrolman Roese served with the Cincinnati Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Substitute Patrolman Henry Roese 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Roese's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Roese Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Roese is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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