Paul Pawlowski
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Police Officer

Paul Pawlowski

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Accident
End of Watch December 21, 1932
Age 26
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Pawlowski was struck and killed by a streetcar while directing school children at the intersection of Third Street and Peterboro.

Officer Pawlowski had served with the Detroit Police Department for 2 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Pawlowski gave the Detroit Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Pawlowski.

— 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 December 21, 1932
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Paul 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 1932, 110 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 4th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Paul was 26. 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. Paul had served 2 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

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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, Paul among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Paul Pawlowski

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch December 21, 1932

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-W

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