Peter Gauer
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Police Officer

Peter Gauer

Milwaukee Police Department — Milwaukee, WI
Accident
End of Watch July 3, 1909
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Gauer was electrocuted to death while attempting to remove a live wire from a sidewalk. A milkman found his body later in the morning. Officer Gauer had been with the agency for two years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Gauer gave the Milwaukee Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Gauer.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Platform Identity mpd.milwaukee.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 3, 1909
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Peter 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 1909, 24 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 119th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Peter had served 2 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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

Milwaukee Police Department has 69 officers remembered here, Peter among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Peter Gauer

Milwaukee Police Department · End of Watch July 3, 1909

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 37-W

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