Robert Delaine Edmunds
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Patrolman

Robert Delaine Edmunds

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO
Accident
End of Watch January 23, 1949
Age 25
Tour of Duty 5 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Edmunds was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car making a left turn at the corner of 29th Street and Prospect Avenue.

Survivors

Patrolman Edmunds had been with the agency five months and was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Edmunds served with the Kansas City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Edmunds.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO
Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 23, 1949
Tour of Duty 5 mo
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1949, 45 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 103rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 25. 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. Robert had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

By month
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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His people

Kansas City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Robert Delaine Edmunds

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch January 23, 1949

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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