Martin Wolski
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Park Police Officer

Martin Wolski

Felonious
End of Watch March 26, 1938
Age 36
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Badge 559
Gender Male

Incident

Park Police Officer Martin Wolski was shot and killed by two men he approached near 37th Street and Damen Avenue in McKinley Park. He observed two suspicious men standing near an automobile with its doors open in the Lover's Lane section of the park. He was immediately fired upon and fatally wounded as he approached the men on foot. Officer Wolski's brother-in-law was accompanying him at the time and witnessed the shooting. Officer Wolski had served with the Chicago Park District Police Department for 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, twin children, and five siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Park Police Officer Wolski gave the Chicago Park District Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Park Police Officer Wolski.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpdpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 26, 1938
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 36
Badge Number 559
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Martin is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1938, 111 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 45th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Martin was 36. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Martin had served 11 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%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Chicago Park District Police Department has 13 officers remembered here, Martin among them.

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Where

Park Police Officer Martin Wolski

Chicago Park District Police Department · End of Watch March 26, 1938

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 9-W

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