Robert W. McAneney
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Patrolman

Robert W. McAneney

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch November 16, 1907
Age 48
Tour of Duty 24 yrs 5 mo
Badge 1412
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Robert McAneney was shot and killed during a burglary. Officer McAneney, who was still in uniform as he walked home from work, interrupted a burglary in progress at 63rd Street and Wentworth Avenue. He was shot as he began to question the felon. The killer remained unidentifed until May 1909 when he confessed to the murder while in the Joliet Penitentiary for unrelated crimes. Patrolman McAneney served with the Chicago Police Department for almost 24 and a half years.

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman McAneney gave the Chicago Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McAneney.

— 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 16, 1907
Tour of Duty 24 yrs 5 mo
Age 48
Badge Number 1412
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1907, 108 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 46th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 48. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Robert had served 24.4 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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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, Robert among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Robert W. McAneney

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch November 16, 1907

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 16-W

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