Joseph Ollinger
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Officer

Joseph Ollinger

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN
Felonious
End of Watch July 15, 1911
Age 52
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Ollinger was shot and killed while attempting to arrest an escaped convict. The suspect and another man had approached Officer Ollinger, not knowing he was a police officer, and asked him to assist them in robbing a bank. Officer Ollinger reported the request to his supervisor and after Officer Ollinger learned the suspect was a convicted decided to try to arrest him. He followed the man to a drugstore at 25th and Central Avenue and attempted to arrest him. During the ensuing struggle both Officer Ollinger and the suspect were shot and killed.

Survivors

Officer Ollinger had been with the agency for ten years and was survived by his wife and 14-year-old son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Ollinger gave the Minneapolis Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Ollinger.

— 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 July 15, 1911
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1911, 149 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 27th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 52. 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. Joseph had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

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

Across the years

Officer Joseph Ollinger

Minneapolis Police Department · End of Watch July 15, 1911

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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