Roll of Honor
Frank McCaskey
Incident
Detective Frank McCaskey was accidentally shot and killed by another railroad police officer in a case of mistaken identity.
He and the other officer were both searching the Clearing Yards, along West 75th Street between South Kedzie Avenue and South Rockwell Street, Illinois, for thieves when the other officer mistook him for a thief and opened fire in the darkness. Not realizing he had shot anyone, the other officer went home at the end of his shift. He turned himself in later in the day after reading in the newspaper that Detective McCaskey had been fatally shot.
Rest in peace Detective McCaskey. Perhaps you were related to the McCaskey's who owned the Bears?
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis March 31st, 2020
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective McCaskey served with The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Bedford Park community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective McCaskey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Frank McCaskey 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 IL, 354 of 1,318 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.9% of this state's fallen. That is 4.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frank McCaskey's cause is highlighted.
How Frank McCaskey Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Frank McCaskey is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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