Roll of Honor
Incident
Policeman Meiers was accidentally shot and killed inside the 12th and Pine streets station. He had asked to look at the pistol of another officer when it went off accidentally. Policeman Meiers was on light duty at the station after having been wounded in March 1928 when he shot and killed a gangster during an attempted robbery of a speakeasy near 16th and Wood streets.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Meiers gave the Philadelphia Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Meiers.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Policeman Joseph C. Meiers 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph C. Meiers's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph C. Meiers Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph C. Meiers is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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