Police Officer Michael Burke
St. Louis Police Department
Missouri
End of Watch: Friday, December 13, 1901
Cause: Electrocuted

Biographical Info
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: 14 years
Badge Number: Not available

Officer Michael Burke succumbed to injuries sustained 14 months earlier when he was electrocuted by a police call box. The police department's call box system had suffered a system-wide short circuit. When Officer Burke inserted his key into the call box he was electrocuted.

Officer Nicholas Beckman and Officer John Looney were also electrocuted and 13 other officers were injured as a result of the short circuit.

Officer Burke had served with the agency for 14 years. He was survived by his wife and five children.