Motorcycle Officer

Robert Wesley Ferguson

Accident
End of Watch June 13, 1928
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident

Motorcycle Officer Robert Ferguson succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash on June 10, 1928.

While pursuing a suspected stolen vehicle, Officer Ferguson attempted to pass a car when he collided with a different vehicle at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue in Los Angeles. He was transported to Georgia Receiving Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries three days later.

Survivors include his father and sister.

Officer Ferguson is buried at Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum in Sacramento, California.

Survivors

Survivors include his father and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Motorcycle Officer Ferguson served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Motorcycle Officer Ferguson.

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

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Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 13, 1928
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Motorcycle crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

Robert 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 1928, 103 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 5th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 25. 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
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Motorcycle Officer Robert Wesley Ferguson

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch June 13, 1928

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