National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Officer Rank: Park Police Officer

Memorial Panel: 10-W: 29

Department: U.S. Park Police

End of Watch: February 18, 1936

Cause: PHYS

Age: 35

Years of Service: 10

Description: Park Police Officer Hestikind developed pneumonia after he jumped into the Potomac River to rescue a citizen whose vehicle had slid into the icy waters during a severe winter storm. Officer Hestikind rode his department motorcycle home and thereafter became ill. He was transported to a local hospital with a severe case of pneumonia and died a week later on February 18, 1936.