MOTORCYCLE OFFICER
FRANK S. CONNORS
BADGE 54
E.O.W.: 06/09/1939
Frank Connors was hired as a San Diego police officer January 1, 1915. A few years later he was made a motorcycle officer and worked as an emergency rider.
On June 9, 1939, the forty eight year old Connors was serving a 24-hour shift at the city prison camp near the El Capitan Dam past Lakeside.
Shortly after 11 pm he began complaining of chest pains. As he got up to use the telephone he collapsed to the floor. He died shortly thereafter. The Medical Examiners Office ruled the death as a heart attack.
Frank Connors was married at the time of his death.
Ironically, on December 26, 1929, Officer Frank Connors had received a radio call to investigate a man slumped over the steering wheel of his car. Connors arrived to discover his father, SDPD Lieutenant Frank Connors, dead. The cause of death was also a heart attack.
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Note: As a general rule, the San Diego Police Historical Association would not consider a fatal on duty heart attack as a line of duty death. However, in the case of Motorcycle Officer Connors and others listed, they had physical issues that should have removed them from duty prior to the fatal incident. The fact the city ignored those issues and or they were ordered to remain in a full duty capacity and then ultimately perished is why they are listed.
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