Incident
Officer Frederick Stange was shot and killed by a detective while riding in a police car that contained a stolen bumper used for smuggling liquor. The vehicle was being driven by another officer and Officer Stange had no knowledge of the bumper. The detective attempted to stop the vehicle after it left the Fourth District police station, located at 6th and E Street, SW, but the other officer did not stop. The prohibition officer then fired a single shot, striking Officer Stange in the head. The detective who fired the shot was acquitted of manslaughter in connection with the case. The other officer who stole the bumper was charged with stealing the bumper. Officer Stange had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for over 30 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and child.
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30 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Stange gave the Metropolitan Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Stange.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
Metropolitan Police Department has lost 131 officers; 48 of them lost to accidents.
Frederick is one of 453 officers lost to accidents in DC, 31.9% of the 1,419 remembered there.
Frederick is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Frederick is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.8% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1923, 1 officer at Metropolitan Police Department was lost to accidents, the 9th heaviest of 39 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 3.
In 1923, 2 officers in DC were lost to accidents, the 73rd heaviest of 125 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 14.
In 1923, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.
In 1923, 83 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 51st heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Frederick was 59. Of the 46 lost to accidents at Metropolitan Police Department whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 44.5; the middle age was 38. Frederick had served 30 years; the middle length of service was 8 years.
Frederick was 59. Of the 425 lost to accidents in DC whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 38. Frederick had served 30 years; the middle length of service was 7 years.
Frederick was 59. 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. Frederick had served 30 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
Frederick was 59. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36. Frederick had served 30 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
When
February holds 12.5% of these deaths at Metropolitan Police Department, more than any other month. Wednesdays: 14.6%.
February holds 9.5% of these deaths in DC; July holds the most, 10.6%. Wednesdays: 14.1%.
February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.
February holds 7.2% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.
How
Accident deaths account for 36.6% of all 131 deaths at Metropolitan Police Department, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 31.9% of all 1,419 deaths in DC, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.8% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.
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Francis M. Doyle
Dec 29, 1871
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Robert Fleet Aug 20, 1874
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John H. Fowler Sep 9, 1884
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Americus N. Crippin Nov 5, 1889
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Adolphus C. Constantine Sep 10, 1891
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Junius B. Slack Nov 27, 1891
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Frederick M. Passau
May 17, 1899
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John J. Smith
Jul 7, 1904
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William E. Yetton
Nov 9, 1908
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William H. Mathews
Mar 5, 1909
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Eugene Calvin Smith
Jan 1, 1910
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William Charles Farquhar
Oct 22, 1913
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Willie R. Gawen Mar 2, 1915
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John A. Conrad
May 21, 1918
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David T. Dunigan
May 21, 1918
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Lester M. Kidwell
Jul 11, 1918
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Joseph Presley Marcus Barker
Oct 10, 1918
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Archie Auran
Oct 11, 1918
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John Wesley Conrad Oct 19, 1918
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John Frederick Jeffries
Oct 19, 1918
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John R. Bennett
Oct 25, 1918
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Harry Wilson
Jul 21, 1919
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Isaac B. Halbfinger
Jul 22, 1919
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James E. Armstrong
Dec 20, 1919
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Oscar A. McKimmie
Jan 17, 1920
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Preston E. Bradley
Feb 21, 1921
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Samuel C. Hayden Feb 27, 1921
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George D. Chinn
Oct 20, 1921
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Edmund P. Keleher Jan 10, 1922
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Frederick G. Stange Feb 28, 1923
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John Purcell Oct 17, 1923
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Raymond C. Leisinger
Aug 28, 1924
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Claude C. Koontz Nov 30, 1925
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Earl A. Skinner Jun 9, 1926
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Leo W. Karl Busch
Sep 28, 1926
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James G. Helm Feb 11, 1928
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Claude O. Rupe
Oct 14, 1928
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John Francis McAuliffe
Jan 21, 1929
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William S. Buchanan
Apr 18, 1929
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Harry J. McDonald Jul 22, 1929
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Edgar Preston Alexander
Nov 16, 1929
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Ross H. Kaylor
Dec 10, 1929
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Frederick W. Bauer Jun 6, 1930
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Frank J. Scoville Sep 24, 1930
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Jessie L. Taylor
May 17, 1931
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Charles D. Poole
Aug 4, 1931
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Arthur H. Gelhar
Aug 8, 1931
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Elmer A. Swanson
Jul 5, 1932
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George W. Shinault
Aug 14, 1932
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Raymond V. Sinclair
Dec 28, 1934
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Frank L. Nussbaum
Feb 16, 1936
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Paul W. Jones
Mar 14, 1936
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Ernest T. Wessells Apr 23, 1938
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Richard T. Conklin
Jun 5, 1938
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Raymond E. Grant
Aug 14, 1939
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Robert W. Davis
Jan 1, 1940
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Charles F. Cummins, Jr.
Jun 12, 1940
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Uel M. Gaile
Aug 19, 1940
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Irving Rosenburg
Feb 15, 1942
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Charles R. Johnston
May 9, 1943
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William J. Weston, Jr. Mar 4, 1945
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Donald W. Downs
Sep 1, 1946
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Harry E. Hamilton
Nov 1, 1946
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Richard H. Taylor
Dec 13, 1946
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Hubert W. Estes
May 16, 1947
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Mortimer P. Donoghue
Sep 16, 1948
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Grady A. Beacham
Dec 2, 1948
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George W. Cassels
Jul 12, 1953
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Lester G. Myers
Nov 13, 1958
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Harold K. Shelton
May 3, 1959
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Donald Joseph Brereton
Jan 7, 1960
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Terrell Monroe Dodson
Apr 17, 1960
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James J Roche
Jun 30, 1962
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Elmer L. Hunter
Mar 20, 1963
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David Clark Higginbotham
Dec 7, 1963
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Robert D. Handwerk
Jan 24, 1964
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Martin I. Donovan
Jul 9, 1964
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Marcus Preston Willis
Dec 27, 1965
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Marvin Lee Stocker
Mar 23, 1966
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Russell W. Ponton
May 2, 1967
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Gilbert Moral Silvia
Nov 25, 1967
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Lawrence Lewellyn Dorsey
Feb 2, 1968
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Eugene I. Williams
Feb 27, 1968
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Stephen Acheson Williams
Jul 2, 1968
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Willie C. Ivery, Jr.
Nov 15, 1968
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Michael J. Cody
Jul 14, 1969
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David C. Hawfield
Jul 14, 1969
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Allan L. Nairn
Nov 30, 1969
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David Harry Rose
Feb 20, 1971
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Glen Patrick Fisher
Mar 10, 1971
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Jerrard Foster Young
May 21, 1971
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William L. Sigmon
May 25, 1971
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Jerry Wayne Morris
Dec 4, 1971
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Dana Edward Harwood
Sep 25, 1972
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Ronnie W. Hassell
Dec 2, 1972
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George D. Jones, Jr.
Mar 24, 1973
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Gail A. Cobb
Sep 20, 1974
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Michael J. Acri
Oct 16, 1976
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Bruce Wesley Wilson
Apr 26, 1977
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Bernis Carr, Jr.
Feb 16, 1978
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Richard F. Giguere
Jun 6, 1979
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Alfred V. Jackson
Jun 6, 1979
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Arthur P. Snyder
Feb 12, 1980
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Donald G. Luning
Sep 14, 1982
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Robert K. Best
Dec 15, 1982
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Raymond E. Mumford
Mar 11, 1983
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Joseph M. Cournoyer
Jan 29, 1985
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Kevin Joseph Welsh
Aug 4, 1986
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Robert Remington
May 19, 1987
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James L. Gordon
Dec 14, 1987
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Ernest Carlyle Ricks, III
May 16, 1989
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Jason Edward White
Dec 30, 1993
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Henry Joseph Daly
Nov 22, 1994
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James Madison McGee, Jr.
Feb 7, 1995
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Scot Shaffer Lewis
Oct 9, 1995
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Anthony W. Simms
Jun 3, 1996
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Brian T. A. Gibson
Feb 5, 1997
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Oliver Wendell Smith, Jr.
Feb 26, 1997
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Robert Louis Johnson, Jr.
Apr 27, 1997
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Thomas Franklin Hamlette, Jr.
Jul 18, 1998
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