Robert John Sweet
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Policeman

Robert John Sweet

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch December 26, 1959
Age 29
Badge 7488
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Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Robert Sweet was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Sweet served with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Sweet.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 26, 1959
Age 29
Badge Number 7488
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 1959, 58 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 77th 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 29. 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.

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, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Across the years
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Where

Policeman Robert John Sweet

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch December 26, 1959

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-E

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