Robert M. Reid
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Patrol Officer

Robert M. Reid

Charlotte Police Department — Charlotte, NC
Accident
End of Watch January 1, 1927
Age 49
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Reid succumbed to injuries received the previous day while directing traffic at the intersection of College and Trade Streets.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Reid served with the Charlotte Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Charlotte community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Reid.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC
Platform Identity charpd.mecklenburg.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 1, 1927
Age 49
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 1927, 114 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Robert was 49. 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.

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When

January holds 7.7% 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

Charlotte Police Department has 18 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Patrol Officer Robert M. Reid

Charlotte Police Department · End of Watch January 1, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

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