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Kaiser Bartecki
Detective Patrolman

Kaiser Bartecki

Toledo Police Department — Toledo, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch January 21, 1915
Age 34
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Detective Kaiser Bartecki was shot and killed as he and several other officers attempted to arrest a man who had tried to murder a woman earlier in the day. The man had met the woman 6 weeks earlier in New York City, New York, and had become obsessed with her. He had proposed to her several times and was rejected each time. After following the woman to Toledo and being turned down again, he shot the woman three times, seriously wounding her. The woman later died. Detective Bartecki and two other officers located the man about an hour later at 324 Kosciusko Street in Toldeo. Detective Bartecki chased him around the back of the home, where he was shot once in the chest and killed. The suspect fled the scene but was apprehended at a railroad depot a short time later while trying to buy a ticket back to New York. He was charged with first-degree murder. The 32-year-old suspect was convicted of Detective Bartecki's murder and sentenced to death. On February 9, 1916, his sentence was commuted to life. Soon afterward, he started showing signs of insanity and was transferred to the Lima State Mental Hospital. Detective Bartecki had served with the Toledo Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Patrolman Bartecki gave the Toledo Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Toledo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Patrolman Bartecki.

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

Agency

Department Toledo Police Department
Type Other
Location Toledo, Lucas County, OH
Platform Identity tpd.lucas.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 21, 1915
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Kaiser is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1915, 152 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 26th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kaiser was 34. 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. Kaiser had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Toledo Police Department has 32 officers remembered here, Kaiser among them.

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Where

Detective Patrolman Kaiser Bartecki

Toledo Police Department · End of Watch January 21, 1915

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-E

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