Arthur E. Meyers
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Police Officer

Arthur E. Meyers

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Accident
End of Watch July 14, 1953
Age 34
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 1559
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Meyers was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty in downtown Detroit at McDougall and Congress. Officers Meyers was survived by his wife and three children. Officer Meyers' wife was the first recipient of the Detroit 100 Club donation.

Survivors

Officers Meyers was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Meyers gave the Detroit Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Meyers.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 14, 1953
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 34
Badge Number 1559
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Arthur is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1953, 54 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 86th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Arthur was 34. 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. Arthur had served 9 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

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

Every cause
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Arthur among them.

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Where

Police Officer Arthur E. Meyers

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch July 14, 1953

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 22-E

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