Police Officer

Robert M. Rigdon

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Felonious
End of Watch November 8, 1858
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Robert Rigdon was shot and killed by an assassin at his home.

The killing was retaliation for testifying against a suspect who had killed Police Officer Benjamin Benton one month earlier.

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168 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Rigdon served with the Baltimore City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 8, 1858
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1858, 16 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 163rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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By day of the week
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Police Officer Robert M. Rigdon

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch November 8, 1858

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 24-E

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