Colorado Springs Police Department, Colorado
End of Watch: Thursday, June 12, 1941
Age:
Tour of Duty: 24 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: May 31, 1941
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Detective Sergeant Kaltenberger was accidentally shot in the abdomen. While at work in the city's police station, now the old City Hall building, Detective Kaltenberger's own .45-caliber automatic dislodged from his holster, fell to the floor, and discharged.
He died one day after his 24th anniversary of his appointment to the Colorado Springs Police Department.