Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer George Radden succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash while attempting to deliver a hose nozzle to firefighters engaged in fighting a house fire on November 15th, 1925. The nozzle had fallen off of a fire truck that was responding to a fire. Instead of going home at the end of his shift, Officer Radden retrieved the nozzle from the roadway and was taking it back to the fire station when his three-wheeled motorcycle struck a vehicle that was pulling out of a service station. Officer Radden suffered severe head injuries. He was taken to a local hospital where he died on November 18th, 1925, after undergoing brain surgery. Officer Radden had served with the Casper Police Department for 11 months.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and five children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Radden served with the Casper Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Casper community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Radden.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer George F. Radden 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 WY, 17 of 63 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George F. Radden's cause is highlighted.
How George F. Radden Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George F. Radden is highlighted in Nov.