Lieutenant

George L. Uhl

Buffalo Police Department — Buffalo, NY
Felonious
End of Watch August 31, 1934
Age 51
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Badge 68
The Vigil Panel 68 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Uhl was shot and killed when he and his partner stopped a vehicle containing several robbery suspects. As the other officer searched one of the suspects another man produced a gun and held the officers at gunpoint. The suspects then fled on foot and the officers pursued them. Following a brief chase one of the suspects opened fire, striking Lieutenant Uhl three times. Two of the suspects were apprehended after committing a kidnapping the following day. Both were sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair on April 25, 1935. Lieutenant Uhl had been with the agency for 25 years and was assigned to Precinct 12.

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25 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Uhl gave the Buffalo Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Buffalo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Uhl.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Buffalo, Erie County, NY
Platform Identity bpd.erie.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 31, 1934
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 51
Badge Number 68
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

George 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 1934, 178 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 16th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

George was 51. 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. George had served 25 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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
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His people

Buffalo Police Department has 51 officers remembered here, George among them.

Across the years

Lieutenant George L. Uhl

Buffalo Police Department · End of Watch August 31, 1934

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-E

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