Arnold O. Werner
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Police Officer

Arnold O. Werner

Milwaukee Police Department — Milwaukee, WI
Accident
End of Watch July 10, 1943
Age 30
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Werner was killed during a vehicle pursuit when an unrelated vehicle turned in front him. He was unable to avoid the vehicle and his motorcycle struck it.

Officer Werner had been with the agency for only one year. He was killed on his 30th birthday.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Werner gave the Milwaukee Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Werner.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Platform Identity mpd.milwaukee.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 10, 1943
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Accident

Arnold is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1943, 38 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 109th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Arnold was 30. 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. Arnold had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% 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. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 6.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Milwaukee Police Department has 69 officers remembered here, Arnold among them.

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Where

Police Officer Arnold O. Werner

Milwaukee Police Department · End of Watch July 10, 1943

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 51-E

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