KCPD Memorial Lest We Forget
Honoring the Fallen
Police Officer
Craig William Schultz
Kansas City, MO Police Dept
EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Age: 36
DOB: March 21, 1965
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Cause: Vehicular
Incident Location: Platte CountyLocation: I-29 & I-635
Suspect:

Traffic Officer Craig Schultz was killed in a motorcycle accident while responding to an accident.

Officer Schultz was killed in a motorcycle accident on I-29 while responding to an accident. Officer Schultz was traveling southbound on Interstate 29 responding to a rollover accident on the highway when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle. Officer Schultz had notified a dispatcher that he was heading to the scene of an accident in the left southbound lane of I-29 east of North Oak Trafficway. At 12:08 p.m. Officer Schultz's emergency button was activated, sending a distress signal. Officer Schultz was located at 12:12 p.m. on I-29 under a bridge that is part of the Interstate 635 Interchange. His motorcycle was on it's side in the left lane of the highway with the front wheel facing south. It was determined that his motorcycle struck the guardrail after encountering a slick spot on the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

In Officer Schultz' eulogy, Sgt Tim Gaughan said, "He was a good man and my friend. Even a good man must die, but death cannot kill his name." During his years on the force, Schultz received awards for good conduct and meritorious service. Captain Dale Barlow read proclamations honoring Officer Schultz from Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate. In addition to hundreds of area police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers, others traveled from all across Missouri, Kansas and Illinois to mourn Schultz. Schultz's funeral procession wound from the church to Mount Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery in Kansas City North, delaying traffic about an hour between Missouri 291 and U.S. 169 and Northwest 108th Street.

Officer Schultz had been a member of the Kansas City Police Department for 11 years. Officer Schultz joined the police department in 1990 and was 36 years old at the time of his death. After several years working in other sections of the police department, including accident investigation, Officer Schultz had requested a transfer to the enforcement unit to join a motorcycle squad. He was survived by his wife, Christina, and two young daughters, Heather and Tara. Interred: Mt Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery.


Article by Brent Marchant

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