Incident
Patrolman Patrick Doyle suffered a fatal heart attack during a struggle with a disorderly subject on Dauphin Street (modern day Broad Street), near Pacific Avenue, at approximately 7:30 pm.
He had been called to the scene of a disturbance where a drunk man had caused his dog to attack a neighbor's dog and was then challenging other neighbors to have their dogs fight. Patrolman Doyle ordered the man to go inside his home, at 5200 Dauphin Street, but the man instead went to his backyard and continued causing a disturbance.
A struggle ensued when Patrolman Doyle attempted to arrest him. Patrolman Doyle collapsed during the struggle. He was taken to a pump station across the street and a doctor was summoned.
The man was charged with murder but acquitted at trial.
Patrolman Doyle served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for three years.
Survivors
He was a widower and was survived by five young children.
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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Doyle gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 3 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Cardiac
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has lost 101 officers; 5 of them lost to cardiac events.
Patrick is one of 118 officers lost to cardiac events in PA, 9.4% of the 1,262 remembered there.
Patrick is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.
Patrick is one of 1,309 officers lost to cardiac events worldwide, 3.9% of the 33,917 remembered here.
33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1895, 1 officer at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police was lost to cardiac events, more than in any other year.
In 1895, 1 officer in PA was lost to cardiac events, the 30th heaviest of 72 years on record. The heaviest was 1957, with 5.
In 1895, 1 officer in the United States was lost to cardiac events, the 122nd heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
In 1895, 1 officer worldwide was lost to cardiac events, the 122nd heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.
Who
Patrick was 42. Of the 5 lost to cardiac events at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police whose age is recorded, half were between 48 and 49; the middle age was 48. Patrick had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 16 years.
Patrick was 42. Of the 118 lost to cardiac events in PA whose age is recorded, half were between 44 and 56; the middle age was 48. Patrick had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 15.4 years.
Patrick was 42. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Patrick had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
Patrick was 42. Of the 1,251 lost to cardiac events worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 42.5 and 55; the middle age was 48. Patrick had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.
When
August holds 20% of these deaths at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police; June holds the most, 40%. Thursdays: 20%.
August holds 4.2% of these deaths in PA; January holds the most, 11%. Thursdays: 15.3%.
August holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Thursdays: 14.5%.
August holds 8% of these deaths worldwide; January holds the most, 9.5%. Thursdays: 14.5%.
How
Cardiac deaths account for 5% of all 101 deaths at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 40% of these deaths.
Cardiac deaths account for 9.4% of all 1,262 deaths in PA, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16.9% of these deaths.
Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16.1% of these deaths.
Cardiac deaths account for 3.9% of all 33,917 deaths worldwide, the 4th most common cause. The weapon recorded was person, in 16% of these deaths.
His people
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has 101 officers remembered here, Patrick among them.
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Daniel McMullen Dec 18, 1869
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Isaac Jones Sep 23, 1871
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John Stack Apr 24, 1872
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John A. Weimar Aug 24, 1874
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James L. Stokely Jun 8, 1877
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Thomas Lyons Jul 16, 1878
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Edward O'Dwyer Jul 5, 1881
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John F. Evans Aug 6, 1885
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George H. Woods Sep 6, 1886
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Thomas Chidlow
May 24, 1888
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Thomas Freeborn Apr 10, 1894
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Patrick F. Doyle Aug 8, 1895
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John Alexander Berry
Feb 9, 1898
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Charles Metzgar May 11, 1898
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William Scanlon
Jul 8, 1898
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David W. Lewis
Aug 7, 1900
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Andrew Harper Sep 2, 1900
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Patrick Edward Fitzgerald
Apr 12, 1901
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James H. Sheehy May 18, 1902
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John Graham Kelty
Jan 11, 1903
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Andrew J. Kelly Oct 4, 1903
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Casper Mayer Apr 1, 1904
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Albert M. Teeters
Oct 22, 1904
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George Mason Cochran Nov 13, 1904
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James Farrell Oct 23, 1908
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John J. McDonough
Sep 29, 1913
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Michael Grab
Mar 3, 1914
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George H. Shearer
May 12, 1914
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Edgar Matthew Hyland May 26, 1917
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Charles LeRoy Edinger
Jun 6, 1917
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Thomas Patrick Farrell
Mar 2, 1918
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Alexander Rodgers McCloskey
Oct 24, 1918
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Thomas Francis McVerry
Oct 26, 1918
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Robert Sinclair
Nov 18, 1918
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John Dallas Richey Dec 22, 1918
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James Ambrose McCormick Dec 24, 1918
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Charles Bingler Morrison Dec 27, 1918
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Ralph Thomas Harper Jan 16, 1919
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James Aloysius Dorsey Mar 22, 1919
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John Henry Schneider May 20, 1919
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George Hofmann Oct 30, 1919
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Peter K. Tsorvas
Nov 2, 1920
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William J. Johnston
May 2, 1921
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Edward George Couch
Oct 30, 1922
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Daniel John Conley
Dec 30, 1922
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Casper Thomas Schmotzer
Jan 23, 1923
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John Joseph Rudolph
Apr 3, 1923
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Joseph Jovanovic
Jul 7, 1924
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Joseph Leo Riley
Aug 3, 1924
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Robert John Galloway
Aug 26, 1924
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Samuel R. McGreevy Oct 9, 1924
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Albert Bert Burris
Jun 30, 1925
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Charles Lewis Cooper, Jr.
Aug 17, 1925
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James F. Farrell
Jul 6, 1927
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William P. Johnson Oct 23, 1927
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Ralph P. Gentile
Nov 1, 1928
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John Joseph Schemm
Dec 21, 1928
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James J. McVerry
Mar 15, 1929
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Stephen Janeda
Jul 15, 1929
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James Edward Hughes
Dec 27, 1929
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Orrie N. Murray
Jun 25, 1930
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Anthony E. Rahe
Aug 7, 1930
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Joseph John Beran
Jan 28, 1931
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George J. Sallade
Oct 5, 1933
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Roy William Freiss
Feb 3, 1935
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Robert Leo Kosmal
Aug 17, 1935
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Albert Leander Jacks
Apr 17, 1936
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Charles M. Snyder
Jan 25, 1937
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George A. Kelley
Feb 12, 1937
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John J. Scanlon Aug 21, 1937
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Edward M. Conway
Jun 27, 1939
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Tobias J. Brown
Aug 23, 1941
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Arthur Andrew MacDonald
Mar 16, 1945
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Louis G. Spencer
Dec 24, 1946
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William J. Lavery
Aug 5, 1947
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William Ross Ewing
Feb 7, 1953
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Edward Vincent Tierney, Jr.
Jul 28, 1953
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William H. Heagy
Mar 25, 1954
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John George Gillespie
Jan 25, 1955
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James R. Kelly
Jun 3, 1955
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James V. Timpona
Oct 16, 1958
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Anthony John Notaro
Jul 22, 1964
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Coleman Regis McDonough
Jul 5, 1965
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Joseph Francis Gaetano
Jun 10, 1966
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James Edward Graff
Feb 23, 1968
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John Leslie Scott
Oct 14, 1970
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William J. Otis
Mar 3, 1971
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Patrick J. Wallace, Jr.
Jul 3, 1974
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David Allen Barr
May 3, 1983
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Norman Alexander Stewart
Sep 16, 1983
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James Thomas Blair
Nov 26, 1990
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Joseph John Grill
Mar 6, 1991
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Thomas Lawrence Herron
Mar 6, 1991
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James Henry Taylor, Jr.
Sep 22, 1995
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Paul John Rizzo Domenic Sciullo, II
Apr 4, 2009
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Stephen James Mayhle
Apr 4, 2009
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Eric Guy Kelly
Apr 4, 2009
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Calvin Maurice Hall
Jul 17, 2019
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Brian L. Rowland
Sep 26, 2021
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Richard Charles Howe
Oct 21, 2021
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Timothy Earl Werner
Nov 2, 2021
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