Joseph P. Hastings
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Patrolman

Joseph P. Hastings

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch August 14, 1933
Age 36
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 7 mo
Badge 6384
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Joseph Hastings was shot and killed as he interrupted an armed robbery in progress on Navy Pier. He was conducting routine checks on various businesses on his beat when he came upon several gunmen, including one juvenile, committing an armed robbery at a welfare office. The office was being used to issue welfare payments to citizens affected by the Great Depression. The offenders opened fire, fatally wounding Patrolman Hastings in the encounter. The man who shot him was convicted of murder and subsequently executed in the electric chair on October 13th, 1933. Patrolman Hastings had served with the Chicago Police Department for over two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, five sisters, and a brother.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 14, 1933
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 7 mo
Age 36
Badge Number 6384
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph 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 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

Joseph was 36. 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. Joseph had served 2.6 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

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Joseph P. Hastings

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch August 14, 1933

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 23-E

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