Leslie Haskins Jr.
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Police Officer

Leslie Haskins Jr.

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch March 13, 1970
Age 39
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Badge 671
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Haskins was shot and killed while attempting to intervene in a robbery at a tavern on Hawthorne Avenue while off duty. Two men entered the bar and held the bar owner at gunpoint. Officer Haskins opened fire on one of the men but the man returned fire, striking Officer Haskins in the head and chest. The suspects fled the scene but were arrested three days later. Officer Haskins had been with the Newark Police Department for 15 years. Due to debilitating injuries in an on-duty motorcycle accident 11 years earlier, he assigned to the Information Desk and Cell Block at police headquarters at the time of his murder.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Haskins gave the Newark Police Division 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Haskins.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Newark, Essex County, NJ
Platform Identity npd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 13, 1970
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 671
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Leslie Haskins Jr. served in the the United States military (1947–1951) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Leslie 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 1970, 138 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 29th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Leslie was 39. 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. Leslie had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.5% 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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Newark Police Division has 58 officers remembered here, Leslie among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Leslie Haskins Jr.

Newark Police Division · End of Watch March 13, 1970

Military Service

Leslie Haskins Jr. served in the United States military (1947–1951) before joining law enforcement.

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