Robert Rowland Allshaw

Seattle Police Department — Seattle, WA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch November 11, 1968

Age 36

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 59

Incident

Police Officer Robert Allshaw was accidentally shot and killed by another officer at the scene of a robbery in progress at 11522 15th Avenue NE. When the suspects began firing at the officers, an officer fired his shotgun at one suspect and struck Officer Allshaw and the suspect. All of the suspects were later arrested. Officer Allshaw was a United States Marine Corps veteran who served with the Seattle Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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.
Police Officer Allshaw gave the Seattle Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Seattle community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Seattle Police Department

Location Seattle, WA

Platform Identity seatpd.king.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 11, 1968

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Robert Rowland Allshaw served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Robert Rowland Allshaw 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 WA, 111 of 339 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.7% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Seattle Police Department, 16 of 60 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 26.7% of this agency's fallen.

Seattle Police Department

of 60 officers

26.7% Accident

WA — Statewide

111

of 339 officers

32.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident