Arden D. Weese
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Arden D. Weese

Akron Police Department — Akron, OH
Accident
End of Watch March 22, 1946
Badge 44
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Weese was killed in an automobile accident while on duty at West Exchange and Burton Avenue at 9:57 AM.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Akron, Summit County, OH
Platform Identity apd.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 22, 1946
Badge Number 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Arden 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 1946, 63 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 68th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

March holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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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

Akron Police Department has 28 officers remembered here, Arden among them.

Officer Arden D. Weese

Akron Police Department · End of Watch March 22, 1946

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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