Rose A. Regan
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Matron

Rose A. Regan

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Accident
End of Watch February 9, 1908
Age 40
Tour of Duty 13 yrs 3 mo
Gender Female

Incident

Matron Rose Regan died in an elevator accident inside the Cincinnati City Hall.

She was using the police elevator to descend from the Cincinnati Place of Detention on the city hall's third floor. The elevator attendant was absent and she became scared as the elevator descended. She attempted to jump from the elevator and was crushed between the elevator shaft and the elevator car. She was taken to City Hospital where she died early the next morning.

Matron Regan had served with the Cincinnati House of Detention for 13 years.

Survivors

She was survived by her husband, two sons, and mother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Matron Regan gave the Cincinnati Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Matron Regan.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 9, 1908
Tour of Duty 13 yrs 3 mo
Age 40
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Rose is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1908, 36 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 111th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Rose was 40. 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. Rose had served 13.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 14%.

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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.

Every cause
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Her people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Rose among them.

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Where

Matron Rose A. Regan

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch February 9, 1908

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-E

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