Robert E. Bahlke, Jr.

Milwaukee Police Department — Milwaukee, WI

Accident

End of Watch February 23, 1932

Age 45

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 791

The Vigil Panel 63 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 68

Incident

Officer Bahlke succumbed to injuries received over a month earlier when he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic. The driver stated that he did not see the officer because rain obscured his vision. Officer Bahlke had served with the Milwaukee Police Department for ten years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bahlke gave the Milwaukee Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bahlke.

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

Agency

Department Milwaukee Police Department

Location Milwaukee, WI

Platform Identity mpd.milwaukee.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 23, 1932

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 45

Badge Number 791

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Robert E. Bahlke, Jr. 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 WI, 124 of 317 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Milwaukee Police Department, 23 of 69 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Milwaukee Police Department

of 69 officers

33.3% Accident

WI — Statewide

124

of 317 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident