Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Weller suffered a fatal heart attack after helping quell a riot on a party boat that had docked on the Ohio River's Public Landing. As officers arrived at the scene they encountered approximately 300 people fighting and causing a disturbance. After Sergeant Weller boarded the boat he and another officer encountered a man attempting to break into a cigarette vending machine. The man resisted arrest but was taken into custody. During the arrest, Sergeant Weller was struck in the back by an item that had been thrown by someone in the crowd. Sergeant Weller collapsed after being struck by the item. He was carried off of the boat by other officers and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The subject who resisted arrest was convicted of assault and battery and sentenced to one year in the workhouse. Sergeant Weller was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for 30 years.
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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.
Sergeant Weller gave the Cincinnati Police Department 30 years.
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
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Albert Weller served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Albert Weller is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 43 of 991 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Cincinnati Police Department, 4 of 106 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert Weller's cause is highlighted.
How Albert Weller Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to 1 years
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Weller is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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