John A. Cameron
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Detective Sergeant

John A. Cameron

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Felonious
End of Watch April 26, 1935
Age 52
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Badge 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Sergeant John Cameron was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two robbery suspects on West 8th Street. One subject was captured minutes later. The other subject, 38, was killed as police fired several shots into the back of his car as he fled. The captured subject, 30, was tried for murder and acquitted. Sergeant Cameron won the Carnegie Hero Award for his work in saving several women from a fire that destroyed a building in downtown Cincinnati in 1908. Sergeant Cameron had served with the Cincinnati Police Division for 25 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two sons.

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25 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Sergeant Cameron gave the Cincinnati Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Cameron.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 26, 1935
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 52
Badge Number 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

John is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1935, 154 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 25th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

John was 52. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. John had served 25 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, John among them.

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Where

Detective Sergeant John A. Cameron

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch April 26, 1935

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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