Albert Gleason
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Captain

Albert Gleason

Scranton Police Department — Scranton, PA
Felonious
End of Watch December 27, 1933
Age 52
Tour of Duty 24 yrs 6 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Captain Gleason was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man in a hotel room on Wyoming Avenue. Captain Gleason and another officer went to the hotel room where a man wanted for robbery in Binghamton, New York, was supposed to be. When the other officer knocked on the door the suspect jumped from his room window to a fire escape where Captain Gleason was standing guard. The suspect and Captain Gleason exchanged gunfire killing each other. Captain Gleason served with the Scranton Police Department for 24 and a half years. He was a widower and survived by his daughter.

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Gleason gave the Scranton Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Scranton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Gleason.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Platform Identity spd.lackawanna.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 27, 1933
Tour of Duty 24 yrs 6 mo
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Albert is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1933, 184 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 15th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Albert was 52. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Albert had served 24.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Scranton Police Department has 11 officers remembered here, Albert among them.

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Where

Captain Albert Gleason

Scranton Police Department · End of Watch December 27, 1933

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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