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Funeral for Fallen Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Officer Calvin Hall

July 30, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

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Officer Calvin Hall of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police was buried with full honors on July 23. The funeral took place at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in downtown Pittsburgh.

Officer Hall was attempting to break up a fight in Homewood on the morning of July 14 when he was shot multiple times. Hall was a former member of the Braddock Police and served two years with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. He was also assigned to the Northview Heights Public Safety Center.

DOC Secretary John Wetzel, SCI Fayette Superintendent Mark Capozza, Captain Mark Hacherl and 69 Honor Guard personnel from the following facilities participated in the motorcade and funeral service at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in downtown Pittsburgh: Albion, Cambridge Springs, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Houtzdale, Laurel Highlands, Mercer, Pine Grove, Smithfield and Somerset.


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