Erwin W. Schink
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Detective

Erwin W. Schink

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch March 4, 1954
Age 46
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Schink succumbed to injuries from a brain tumour sustained seven years earlier when he was assaulted by two men after responding to a disturbance on the 1700 block of 12th Street at about 11:45 p.m. The two men struck Detective Schink in the back and head several times. Detective Schink had served with the Detroit Police Department for 18 years and solved several puzzling murders in the years following his injury.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three daughters.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Schink gave the Detroit Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Schink.

— 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 March 4, 1954
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Person

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Erwin is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1954, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Erwin was 46. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Erwin had served 18 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%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 2% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Detective Erwin W. Schink

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch March 4, 1954

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-W

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