Robert L. Polmanteer
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Police Officer

Robert L. Polmanteer

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ
Accident
End of Watch May 4, 1984
Age 37
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Badge 3549
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Polmanteer was killed in a head-on collision with a van that turned in front of his motorcycle at N. 37th Street and Thomas Rd.

Survivors

Officer Polmanteer had been a law enforcement officer for 15 years and was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Polmanteer gave the Phoenix Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Polmanteer.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 4, 1984
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 37
Badge Number 3549
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1984, 82 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 23rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert 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. Robert had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8.6% 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

Phoenix Police Department has 47 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Where

Police Officer Robert L. Polmanteer

Phoenix Police Department · End of Watch May 4, 1984

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-E

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