Paul Michael Dittamo
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Police Officer

Paul Michael Dittamo

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC
Accident
End of Watch October 30, 2010
Age 32
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 4 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Paul Dittamo was killed in an automobile accident while responding to assist an officer who was struggling with a suspect high on PCP.

At approximately 1:00 am, Officer Dittamo and his partner were responding to the incident on Morris Road, SE. Their vehicle was traveling northeast on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE when he swerved to avoid a vehicle that failed to yield right of way. Their patrol collided with a utility pole in the 2200 block of MLK Avenue. Officer Dittamo was killed in the collision and his partner sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Officer Dittamo had served with the Metropolitan Police Department, Seventh District, for just over one year.

Survivors

He is survived by his expectant wife, parents, brothers, sisters, and 23 nieces and nephews.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Dittamo gave the Metropolitan Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Dittamo.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 30, 2010
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 4 mo
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Paul 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 2010, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Paul was 32. 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. Paul had served 1.3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 9.1% 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

Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Paul among them.

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Where

Police Officer Paul Michael Dittamo

Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch October 30, 2010

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 50-E

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