KCPD Memorial Lest We Forget
Honoring the Fallen
Officer
Robert Delaine Edmunds
Kansas City, MO Police Dept
EOW: Sunday, January 23, 1949
Age: 21
DOB: October 27, 1927
Tour of Duty: 5 months
Cause: Motor vehicle accident, motorcycle

Officer Edmunds was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car making a left turn at the corner of 29th Street and Prospect Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Menorah Hospital. Cause of death was listed as fractured ribs and injury to the hemopneumothorax.

Officer Edmunds was a probationary policeman had volunteered to work overtime at the Gene Autry concert held at the Municipal Auditorium. He was scheduled to go off duty at 3:00 p.m. but a fire in downtown Kansas City created a shortage of officers so he worked late. He was on his way home on his police motorcycle when he was fatally injured as he was propelled through a snowbank and struck a light pole.

Officer Edmunds, 21, was with the Kansas City Police Department for five months and was survived by his wife, Jean C. Edmunds. Interred: Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

Kansas City Police Memorial