Police Officer

Alonzo B. Bishop

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Accident
End of Watch August 29, 1899
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Alonzo Bishop was killed when an automobile stuck his patrol wagon.

Officer Bishop had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for 13 years.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Bishop gave the Baltimore City Police Department 13 years.
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 August 29, 1899
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Alonzo 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 1899, 15 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 129th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Alonzo had served 13 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

August holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. 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, Alonzo among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Alonzo B. Bishop

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch August 29, 1899

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 32-E

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