Andrew M. Lawrence
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Police Officer

Andrew M. Lawrence

Felonious
End of Watch May 19, 1918
Age 58
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Andrew Lawrence was struck and killed by a reckless driver at 2:35 am at the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Easton Avenue. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene but was later identified and apprehended.

Survivors

Officer Lawrence had been with the agency for 22 years and was survived by his wife and six children.

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Lawrence gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Lawrence.

— 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 May 19, 1918
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Andrew 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 1918, 165 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 19th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Andrew was 58. 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. Andrew had served 22 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

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Andrew M. Lawrence

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch May 19, 1918

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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