Joseph Raimo
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Patrolman

Joseph Raimo

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Felonious
End of Watch March 28, 1911
Age 33
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Joseph Raimo was shot and killed by unknown persons at the corner of 4th and Holmes while walking his beat. It is theorized that he was shot because he overheard members of the mafia talking about the murder of a grocer. Patrolman Raimo had served with the Kansas City Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 28, 1911
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1911, 149 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 27th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 33. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Joseph 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

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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 shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Joseph Raimo

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch March 28, 1911

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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