Patrick Madden
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Patrolman

Patrick Madden

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch November 20, 1932
Age 58
Badge 3540
The Vigil Panel 65 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Patrick Madden was shot and killed and his partner was seriously wounded as they arrested a man who had been shooting his gun in the roadway on Walton Street. They located the man near the intersection of Walton Street and Hold Street (modern-day Greenview Avenue) and placed him under arrest. The man suddenly produced a pistol and shot both officers. The 24-year-old suspect was apprehended, convicted of murder, and sentenced to 99 years. He was denied clemency in 1953.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Madden served with the Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Madden.

— 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 November 20, 1932
Age 58
Badge Number 3540
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Patrick is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1932, 210 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 8th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Patrick 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

November holds 8.1% 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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Patrick Madden

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch November 20, 1932

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 33-E

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