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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 64

  • Assault 3
  • Automobile crash 9
  • COVID19 2
  • Duty related illness 2
  • Exposure to toxins 1
  • Gunfire 30
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
  • Heart attack 3
  • Motorcycle crash 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 3
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 5

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arkansas 2
  • California 5
  • Colorado 1
  • Florida 3
  • Georgia 1
  • Illinois 4
  • Indiana 2
  • Iowa 1
  • Kentucky 6
  • Louisiana 2
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Minnesota 1
  • Mississippi 1
  • Missouri 1
  • New Jersey 1
  • New Mexico 1
  • New York 5
  • Ohio 2
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • Railroad Police 1
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 2
  • South Dakota 1
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 4
  • Tribal Police 1
  • U.S. Government 3
  • Virginia 1
  • Washington 1
  • Wisconsin 1
Detective Frank McCaskey | The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Police Department, Railroad Police
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Police Department, Railroad Police

Detective Frank McCaskey

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Police Department, RR

EOW: Tuesday, April 2, 1918

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)