Policeman

Nestor Luis Rivas-Santana

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch December 10, 1978
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Rivas-Santana was fatally shot while on patrol. He was riding a motorcycle at the time he was shot.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Rivas-Santana 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, Policeman Rivas-Santana.

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

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

Service Record

End of Watch December 10, 1978
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Nestor 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 1978, 121 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 43rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Nestor was 33. 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.

Age at death
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

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

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Policeman Nestor Luis Rivas-Santana

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch December 10, 1978

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