Hal Clovis Stephenson
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Motorcycle Officer

Hal Clovis Stephenson

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch October 2, 1968
Age 35
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Badge 188
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Hal Stephenson was killed when a vehicle struck his motorcycle as it changed lanes. The driver of the vehicle told investigators that he did not see Officer Stephenson's motorcycle when he changed lanes. Officer Stephenson was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his daughter and two sons.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Motorcycle Officer Stephenson gave the Fort Worth Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 2, 1968
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 35
Badge Number 188
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Hal Clovis Stephenson served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Hal 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 1968, 100 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Hal was 35. 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. Hal had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Hal among them.

Across the years

Motorcycle Officer Hal Clovis Stephenson

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch October 2, 1968

Military Service

Hal Clovis Stephenson served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-W

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