Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman August Arndt was killed in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of East 133rd Street and Lambert Avenue SE.
He was returning to the police station after getting gas and was attempting to make a right turn when his sidecar struck a curb. The collision caused his motorcycle to go out of control and he veered into the path of an oncoming streetcar. He suffered serious injuries in the collision with the streetcar. An off duty officer who witnessed the crash took him to St. Alexi's Hospital where he died a short time later.
Patrolman Arndt had served with the Cleveland Division of Police for eight years.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Arndt gave the Cleveland Division of Police 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Arndt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman August F. Arndt 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 Cleveland Division of Police, 24 of 119 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. August F. Arndt's cause is highlighted.
How August F. Arndt Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. August F. Arndt is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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