Oliver W. Cook
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Police Officer

Oliver W. Cook

Accident
End of Watch December 17, 1927
Age 30
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 8 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Oliver Cook succumbed to injuries received the previous day when he was involved in a motorcycle accident while responding to a robbery call. He was driving on the Union Avenue Viaduct when the motorcycle struck a curb, causing him to be thrown from the bike and suffer severe injuries.

Survivors

Officer Cook had served with the agency for 21 months and was survived by his wife and infant daughter.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Cook gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Cook.

— 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 December 17, 1927
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 8 mo
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1927, 114 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Oliver was 30. 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. Oliver had served 1.7 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

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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By day of the week
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How

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

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Oliver W. Cook

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch December 17, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 60-W

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