Officer Frederick W. Bauer
Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia
End of Watch: Friday, June 6, 1930

Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Accidental
Date of Incident: Thursday, March 6, 1930
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Bauer succumbed to serious back injuries received three months earlier while acting as a member of a raiding party on a "number" establishment. While attempting to lift a heavy floor safe he crushed two vertabrae in his back.

Officer Bauer had been with the agency for seven years and was survived by his wife and three children.