JOHN DAVID PLATT
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 60-W: 22
Department: Baltimore City, Maryland, P.D.
End of Watch: October 14, 2000
Cause: AUTO
Age: 36
Years of Service: 17
Description: Sergeant Platt and Police Officer Kevin McCarthy were killed when their cruiser was broadsided at an intersection by a drunk driver. The two officers were on routine patrol in a residential area when the driver of a pickup truck failed to obey a stop sign. The truck struck the cruiser at a high rate of speed which caused the cruiser to flip over and strike a utility pole. Both officers were killed instantly. The suspect was sentenced to six years in prison followed by five years of probation.
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