Harold O. Olson
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Patrolman

Harold O. Olson

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN
Accident
End of Watch August 9, 1941
Age 33
Tour of Duty 10 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Olson was killed in a motorcycle accident at Lyndale Avenue and 46th Street North while attempting to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation.

Survivors

Patrolman Olson had only been with the agency for ten months and was survived by his wife.

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

— 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 August 9, 1941
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Harold 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 1941, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harold was 33. 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. Harold had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Saturdays: 14.9%.

By month
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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

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

Across the years

Patrolman Harold O. Olson

Minneapolis Police Department · End of Watch August 9, 1941

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-W

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