Danny Dean Laffey
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Police Officer

Danny Dean Laffey

Wichita Police Department — Wichita, KS
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch January 5, 1982
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Danney Laffey was struck and killed by a vehicle while investigating a disturbance at a local club on the 1300 block of E 13th Street North.

As he we was removing the occupants of a vehicle for questioning another vehicle entered the area, jumped the curb, and struck Officer Laffey at a high rate of speed.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Laffey served with the Wichita Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Wichita community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Laffey.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS
Platform Identity wpd.sedgwick.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 1982
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Danny Dean Laffey served in the U.S. Army (1970–1972) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Danny 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 1982, 70 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 48th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Danny was 29. 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.

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

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

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

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His people

Wichita Police Department has 24 officers remembered here, Danny among them.

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Where

Police Officer Danny Dean Laffey

Wichita Police Department · End of Watch January 5, 1982

Military Service

Danny Dean Laffey served in the U.S. Army (1970–1972) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-E

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