Thomas F. Steinacker
Police Officer

Thomas F. Steinacker

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Accident
End of Watch October 4, 1932
Tour of Duty 43 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Steinacker died of injuries he received while on duty. Officer Steinacker had been with the agency for 43 years.

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43 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Steinacker gave the Baltimore City Police Department 43 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Steinacker.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 1932
Tour of Duty 43 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Thomas is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1932, 110 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 4th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Thomas had served 43 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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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
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Police Officer Thomas F. Steinacker

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch October 4, 1932

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 16-W

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