Police Officer

Raymond Leslie Carey

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch July 13, 1931
Age 36
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 1670
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Carey was killed in a traffic accident at 52nd Street and Lancaster Avenue. He was giving directions to a truck driver when a speeding car rammed the truck, pinning the policeman between the truck and a trolley car. The car driver was held for the grand jury. Police Officer Carey was a United States Army veteran of World War I and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for nine years.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Carey gave the Philadelphia Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 1931
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 36
Badge Number 1670
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Raymond Leslie Carey served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Raymond is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1931, 100 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Raymond was 36. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Raymond had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Raymond among them.

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Where

Police Officer Raymond Leslie Carey

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch July 13, 1931

Military Service

Raymond Leslie Carey served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-W

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