Railroad Detective

Joseph M. Kroskey

Felonious
End of Watch February 22, 1912
Age 40
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
The Vigil Panel 62 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Railroad Detective Joseph Kroskey was shot and killed in Guthrie, Oklahoma, while assisting city police officers search a train for two armed robbers.

As the city officers arrested one of the suspects Detective Kroskey engaged the second suspect in a running gun battle. He was struck in the neck by one of the shots and killed.

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You barely got started.
Railroad Detective Kroskey gave the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Topeka community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Railroad Detective Kroskey.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Topeka, Shawnee County, KS
Platform Identity atsfrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 22, 1912
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1912, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 40. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Joseph had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department has 32 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

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Where

Railroad Detective Joseph M. Kroskey

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Police Department · End of Watch February 22, 1912

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-W

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