Cadet Policeman

Floyd Alexander Hill

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA
Accident
End of Watch September 14, 1933
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident

Cadet Policeman Floyd Hill was killed in a vehicle crash between two patrol cars as both units responded to a report of a burglar in a building on Woodward Avenue.

Both police cars collided at the intersection of Hill Street SE and Fair Street SE (modern day Memorial Drive SE), causing Policeman Hill's patrol car to overturn several times. He was thrown from the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. He was transported to Grady Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Policeman Hill's partner and the two officers in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries.

Policeman Hill had only recently joined the Atlanta Police Department. He was survived by his wife, 7-month-old son, father, and brother. His father was a retired Atlanta police officer and his brother served with the department at the time of his death.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, 7-month-old son, father, and brother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Cadet Policeman Hill served with the Atlanta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Cadet Policeman Hill.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 14, 1933
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Floyd 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 1933, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Floyd was 26. 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.

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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Atlanta Police Department has 88 officers remembered here, Floyd among them.

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Cadet Policeman Floyd Alexander Hill

Atlanta Police Department · End of Watch September 14, 1933

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