Edward O'Brien
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Police Officer

Edward O'Brien

Accident
End of Watch October 30, 1916
Age 52
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Edward O'Brien was killed when the patrol car he was riding in was struck by a streetcar at the intersection of 10th Street and Carr Street. He had arrested a suspect for begging and a patrol car came to take him and the prisoner to the station. As they crossed the tracks on 10th Street the streetcar failed to stop at the crossing and struck the vehicle. Officer O'Brien was thrown from the car and struck his head on a wall. Officer O'Brien had been with the agency for 17 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and seven children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer O'Brien gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer O'Brien.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 30, 1916
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edward is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1916, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 52. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Edward had served 17 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

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Where

Police Officer Edward O'Brien

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch October 30, 1916

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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