Police Officer

Casper Mayer

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police — Pittsburgh, PA
Accident
End of Watch April 1, 1904
Age 37
Tour of Duty 11 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Casper Mayer was electrocuted while attempting to remove fallen wires. On the first call of his afternoon shift, Officer Mayer found wires down at South 22nd and Sidney Streets. Believing the wire was a telephone line, he attempted to wrap it around a nearby pole when he was electrocuted by 3500 volts of electricity. Officer Mayer served with the Pittsburgh Police Department for 11 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Mayer served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Mayer.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Platform Identity pittpd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 1, 1904
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Casper is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1904, 28 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 116th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Casper was 37. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Casper had served 0.9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has 101 officers remembered here, Casper among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Casper Mayer

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police · End of Watch April 1, 1904

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-W

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