Incident
Inspector Albert Jacks died after contracting pneumonia from his rescue efforts during the St. Patrick's Day Flood.
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22 years. You could have gone home.
Inspector Jacks gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Jacks.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has lost 101 officers; 13 of them lost to illness.
Albert is one of 121 officers lost to illness in PA, 9.6% of the 1,262 remembered there.
Albert is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Albert is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,117 remembered here.
34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1936, 1 officer at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police was lost to illness, the 4th heaviest of 4 years on record. The heaviest was 1918, with 6.
In 1936, 1 officer in PA was lost to illness, the 6th heaviest of 17 years on record. The heaviest was 1918, with 66.
In 1936, 4 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 29th heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.
In 1936, 5 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 115th heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
Albert was 47. Of the 13 lost to illness at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police whose age is recorded, half were between 34 and 47; the middle age was 42. Albert had served 22.6 years; the middle length of service was 11 years.
Albert was 47. Of the 121 lost to illness in PA whose age is recorded, half were between 33 and 50; the middle age was 39. Albert had served 22.6 years; the middle length of service was 9.4 years.
Albert was 47. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Albert had served 22.6 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
Albert was 47. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49. Albert had served 22.6 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.
When
April holds 7.7% of these deaths at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police; October holds the most, 23.1%. Fridays: 15.4%.
April holds 5% of these deaths in PA; October holds the most, 49.6%. Fridays: 12.4%.
April holds 6.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.
April holds 7.6% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Fridays: 14.9%.
How
Illness deaths account for 12.9% of all 101 deaths at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 9.6% of all 1,262 deaths in PA, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has 101 officers remembered here, Albert among them.
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Daniel McMullen Dec 18, 1869
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Isaac Jones Sep 23, 1871
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John Stack Apr 24, 1872
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John A. Weimar Aug 24, 1874
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James L. Stokely Jun 8, 1877
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Thomas Lyons Jul 16, 1878
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Edward O'Dwyer Jul 5, 1881
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John F. Evans Aug 6, 1885
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George H. Woods Sep 6, 1886
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Thomas Chidlow
May 24, 1888
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Thomas Freeborn Apr 10, 1894
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Patrick F. Doyle Aug 8, 1895
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John Alexander Berry
Feb 9, 1898
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Charles Metzgar May 11, 1898
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William Scanlon
Jul 8, 1898
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David W. Lewis
Aug 7, 1900
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Andrew Harper Sep 2, 1900
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Patrick Edward Fitzgerald
Apr 12, 1901
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James H. Sheehy May 18, 1902
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John Graham Kelty
Jan 11, 1903
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Andrew J. Kelly Oct 4, 1903
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Casper Mayer Apr 1, 1904
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Albert M. Teeters
Oct 22, 1904
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George Mason Cochran Nov 13, 1904
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James Farrell Oct 23, 1908
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John J. McDonough
Sep 29, 1913
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Michael Grab
Mar 3, 1914
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George H. Shearer
May 12, 1914
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Edgar Matthew Hyland May 26, 1917
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Charles LeRoy Edinger
Jun 6, 1917
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Thomas Patrick Farrell
Mar 2, 1918
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Alexander Rodgers McCloskey
Oct 24, 1918
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Thomas Francis McVerry
Oct 26, 1918
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Robert Sinclair
Nov 18, 1918
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John Dallas Richey Dec 22, 1918
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James Ambrose McCormick Dec 24, 1918
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Charles Bingler Morrison Dec 27, 1918
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Ralph Thomas Harper Jan 16, 1919
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James Aloysius Dorsey Mar 22, 1919
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John Henry Schneider May 20, 1919
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George Hofmann Oct 30, 1919
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Peter K. Tsorvas
Nov 2, 1920
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William J. Johnston
May 2, 1921
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Edward George Couch
Oct 30, 1922
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Daniel John Conley
Dec 30, 1922
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Casper Thomas Schmotzer
Jan 23, 1923
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John Joseph Rudolph
Apr 3, 1923
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Joseph Jovanovic
Jul 7, 1924
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Joseph Leo Riley
Aug 3, 1924
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Robert John Galloway
Aug 26, 1924
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Samuel R. McGreevy Oct 9, 1924
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Albert Bert Burris
Jun 30, 1925
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Charles Lewis Cooper, Jr.
Aug 17, 1925
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James F. Farrell
Jul 6, 1927
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William P. Johnson Oct 23, 1927
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Ralph P. Gentile
Nov 1, 1928
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John Joseph Schemm
Dec 21, 1928
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James J. McVerry
Mar 15, 1929
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Stephen Janeda
Jul 15, 1929
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James Edward Hughes
Dec 27, 1929
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Orrie N. Murray
Jun 25, 1930
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Anthony E. Rahe
Aug 7, 1930
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Joseph John Beran
Jan 28, 1931
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George J. Sallade
Oct 5, 1933
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Roy William Freiss
Feb 3, 1935
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Robert Leo Kosmal
Aug 17, 1935
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Albert Leander Jacks
Apr 17, 1936
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Charles M. Snyder
Jan 25, 1937
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George A. Kelley
Feb 12, 1937
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John J. Scanlon Aug 21, 1937
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Edward M. Conway
Jun 27, 1939
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Tobias J. Brown
Aug 23, 1941
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Arthur Andrew MacDonald
Mar 16, 1945
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Louis G. Spencer
Dec 24, 1946
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William J. Lavery
Aug 5, 1947
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William Ross Ewing
Feb 7, 1953
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Edward Vincent Tierney, Jr.
Jul 28, 1953
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William H. Heagy
Mar 25, 1954
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John George Gillespie
Jan 25, 1955
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James R. Kelly
Jun 3, 1955
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James V. Timpona
Oct 16, 1958
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Anthony John Notaro
Jul 22, 1964
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Coleman Regis McDonough
Jul 5, 1965
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Joseph Francis Gaetano
Jun 10, 1966
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James Edward Graff
Feb 23, 1968
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John Leslie Scott
Oct 14, 1970
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William J. Otis
Mar 3, 1971
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Patrick J. Wallace, Jr.
Jul 3, 1974
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David Allen Barr
May 3, 1983
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Norman Alexander Stewart
Sep 16, 1983
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James Thomas Blair
Nov 26, 1990
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Joseph John Grill
Mar 6, 1991
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Thomas Lawrence Herron
Mar 6, 1991
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James Henry Taylor, Jr.
Sep 22, 1995
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Paul John Rizzo Domenic Sciullo, II
Apr 4, 2009
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Stephen James Mayhle
Apr 4, 2009
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Eric Guy Kelly
Apr 4, 2009
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Calvin Maurice Hall
Jul 17, 2019
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Brian L. Rowland
Sep 26, 2021
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Richard Charles Howe
Oct 21, 2021
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Timothy Earl Werner
Nov 2, 2021
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