Police Officer

Humphrey O'Leary

Accident
End of Watch September 29, 1906
Age 35
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer O'Leary was electrocuted when he attempted to move a downed powerline after a storm. He at first attempted to move the powerline with a stick but it was stuck in the mud. He borrowed a pair of gloves from a citizen and when he grabbed onto the line he was electrocuted. Officer O'Leary had been with the agency for four years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer O'Leary gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer O'Leary.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 29, 1906
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Humphrey 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 1906, 27 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 118th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Humphrey was 35. 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. Humphrey had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

September holds 9.2% 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.

Every cause
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Humphrey among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Humphrey O'Leary

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch September 29, 1906

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-W

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