Police Officer

Joseph C. Waldsachs

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Accident
End of Watch January 29, 1944
Age 54
Tour of Duty 25 yrs 7 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Joseph Waldsachs died after falling down a set of stairs while conducting a routine inspection of a movie theater at 1432 West Lafayette Avenue.

He suffered a skull fracture when he fell as he was exiting a projection booth after speaking to the theater manager. He was transported to West Baltimore General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Officer Waldsachs had served with the Baltimore Police Department for 25 years and was assigned to the Northwestern District.

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25 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Waldsachs gave the Baltimore City Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Waldsachs.

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

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Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 29, 1944
Tour of Duty 25 yrs 7 mo
Age 54
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph 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 1944, 48 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 99th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 54. 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. Joseph had served 25.6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

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Where

Police Officer Joseph C. Waldsachs

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch January 29, 1944

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 51-W

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