David Richard Loeffler
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Police Officer

David Richard Loeffler

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN
Felonious
End of Watch May 29, 2009
Age 36
Tour of Duty 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer David Loeffler succumbed to injuries sustained 12 years earlier when he was struck by a drunk driver.

He and his partner had stopped on Broadway, near N Bryant Avenue, to speak to a man in traffic who they believed was drunk. As Officer Loeffler spoke to the man in front of the patrol car another vehicle, driven by a drunk driver, struck his patrol car. The impact severed one of his legs.

Officer Loeffler passed away from complications of the original injury on May 29, 2009. He had served with the Minneapolis Police Department for only six months at the time of the incident.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Loeffler served with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Loeffler.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Platform Identity mpd.hennepin.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 29, 2009
Tour of Duty 6 mo
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Vehicular assault
Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

The Sacrifice · Felonious

David is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2009, 59 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 129th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

David was 36. 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. David had served 0.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 automobile; alcohol involved, in 1% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Minneapolis Police Department has 50 officers remembered here, David among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer David Richard Loeffler

Minneapolis Police Department · End of Watch May 29, 2009

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-W

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