Agent

Waleska Baez-Lugo

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch September 18, 1998
Age 28
Gender Female

Incident

Agent Waleska Baez-Lugo was killed when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a tree while being pursued on PR-52 in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. She was working an undercover narcotics assignment when the suspects began to chase her. Agent Baez-Lugo was assigned to the Ponce Drugs Unit.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Baez-Lugo served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Baez-Lugo.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 18, 1998
Age 28
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Waleska is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1998, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Waleska was 28. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

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Her people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Waleska among them.

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Where

Agent Waleska Baez-Lugo

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch September 18, 1998

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