Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
End of Watch: Friday, June 6, 1930
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: 7 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Accidental
Date of Incident: February 6, 1930
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Frederick Bauer succumbed to serious back injuries sustained four months earlier while acting as a member of a raiding party on a "numbers" establishment in the Second Precinct.
While attempting to lift a heavy floor safe he crushed two vertebrae in his back. He was taken to George Washington Hospital where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.
Officer Bauer had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for seven years. He was survived by his wife and three children.