"When a police officer is killed, it's not an agency that loses an officer, it's an entire nation." -Chris Cosgriff, ODMP Founder
Detective John D. Schroeder
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Friday, November 30, 1973
Detective Schroeder was shot and killed when he surprised three men who were robbing a pawn shop.
The suspect was convicted of first degree murder but released on a technicality after serving only 12 years. After being released he committed an armed robbery and was returned to jail.
Detective Schroeder had been with the agency for 22 years. His brother, Patrolman Walter Schroeder, was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 24, 1970, while working for the same agency.
My Notes:
Sec. 3.12 The Schroeder Brothers Memorial Medal is the highest award given by the Department. It is awarded once a year at the Annual Awards Presentation Ceremony to an officer whose conduct in some situation is judged by the Department Awards Board to be the highest form of valor exhibited by an officer during the previous year. It is awarded to only one officer a year and is accompanied by a Letter of Commendation from the Commissioner setting forth the reasons for the award. Because this award is the highest recognition of valor which the department can make it may not be awarded every year but will be reserved for those particular acts of valor which are outstanding.
Siblings:
John David Schroeder (1918–1973)
Helen Catherine Schroeder Scott (1920–1996)
Francis Barney Schroeder (1921–2014)
Mary F Schroeder Rautenberg (1924– )
Walter Alfred Schroeder (1928–1970)
Natalie Madeline Schroeder (1933– )
Detective John D. Schroeder
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Friday, November 30, 1973
Detective Schroeder was shot and killed when he surprised three men who were robbing a pawn shop.
The suspect was convicted of first degree murder but released on a technicality after serving only 12 years. After being released he committed an armed robbery and was returned to jail.
Detective Schroeder had been with the agency for 22 years. His brother, Patrolman Walter Schroeder, was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 24, 1970, while working for the same agency.
My Notes:
Sec. 3.12 The Schroeder Brothers Memorial Medal is the highest award given by the Department. It is awarded once a year at the Annual Awards Presentation Ceremony to an officer whose conduct in some situation is judged by the Department Awards Board to be the highest form of valor exhibited by an officer during the previous year. It is awarded to only one officer a year and is accompanied by a Letter of Commendation from the Commissioner setting forth the reasons for the award. Because this award is the highest recognition of valor which the department can make it may not be awarded every year but will be reserved for those particular acts of valor which are outstanding.
Siblings:
John David Schroeder (1918–1973)
Helen Catherine Schroeder Scott (1920–1996)
Francis Barney Schroeder (1921–2014)
Mary F Schroeder Rautenberg (1924– )
Walter Alfred Schroeder (1928–1970)
Natalie Madeline Schroeder (1933– )
"When a police officer is killed, it's not an agency that loses an officer, it's an entire nation." -Chris Cosgriff, ODMP Founder
Detective John D. Schroeder
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Friday, November 30, 1973
Detective Schroeder was shot and killed when he surprised three men who were robbing a pawn shop.
The suspect was convicted of first degree murder but released on a technicality after serving only 12 years. After being released he committed an armed robbery and was returned to jail.
Detective Schroeder had been with the agency for 22 years. His brother, Patrolman Walter Schroeder, was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 24, 1970, while working for the same agency.
My Notes:
Sec. 3.12 The Schroeder Brothers Memorial Medal is the highest award given by the Department. It is awarded once a year at the Annual Awards Presentation Ceremony to an officer whose conduct in some situation is judged by the Department Awards Board to be the highest form of valor exhibited by an officer during the previous year. It is awarded to only one officer a year and is accompanied by a Letter of Commendation from the Commissioner setting forth the reasons for the award. Because this award is the highest recognition of valor which the department can make it may not be awarded every year but will be reserved for those particular acts of valor which are outstanding.
Siblings:
John David Schroeder (1918–1973)
Helen Catherine Schroeder Scott (1920–1996)
Francis Barney Schroeder (1921–2014)
Mary F Schroeder Rautenberg (1924– )
Walter Alfred Schroeder (1928–1970)
Natalie Madeline Schroeder (1933– )
Detective John D. Schroeder
Boston Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Friday, November 30, 1973
Detective Schroeder was shot and killed when he surprised three men who were robbing a pawn shop.
The suspect was convicted of first degree murder but released on a technicality after serving only 12 years. After being released he committed an armed robbery and was returned to jail.
Detective Schroeder had been with the agency for 22 years. His brother, Patrolman Walter Schroeder, was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 24, 1970, while working for the same agency.
My Notes:
Sec. 3.12 The Schroeder Brothers Memorial Medal is the highest award given by the Department. It is awarded once a year at the Annual Awards Presentation Ceremony to an officer whose conduct in some situation is judged by the Department Awards Board to be the highest form of valor exhibited by an officer during the previous year. It is awarded to only one officer a year and is accompanied by a Letter of Commendation from the Commissioner setting forth the reasons for the award. Because this award is the highest recognition of valor which the department can make it may not be awarded every year but will be reserved for those particular acts of valor which are outstanding.
Siblings:
John David Schroeder (1918–1973)
Helen Catherine Schroeder Scott (1920–1996)
Francis Barney Schroeder (1921–2014)
Mary F Schroeder Rautenberg (1924– )
Walter Alfred Schroeder (1928–1970)
Natalie Madeline Schroeder (1933– )
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