Sergeant Patrick Ryan
Cleveland Police Department
Ohio
End of Watch: Friday, January 14, 1944

Biographical Info
Age: 70
Tour of Duty: 40 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Friday, January 14, 1944
Incident Location: Florida
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Sergeant Patrick Ryan died from injuries received in an automobile accident while picking up a suspect being extradited from Florida.

Sergeant Ryan and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor had gone to pick up a vote-fraud suspect held in Miami, Florida.

The prosecutor's car crashed into the rear end of a car that had stopped suddenly in front of them. Their car flipped over. Sergeant Ryan, who had been detailed to the Prosecutor's office, was seriously hurt and died a few hours later in a hospital in Brookville, Florida.