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Incident
Patrolman Artemus Fish died of lockjaw caused by internal injuries he received when he was thrown from a horse while on patrol.
Patrolman Fish was on horseback patrol on Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn when he was thrown from his horse. The horse then stepped on Patrolman Fish, causing internal injuries. Those injuries caused an infection that lead to Patrolman Fish's death.
Patrolman Fish had served with the New York City Police Department for three years and was assigned to the Prospect Park Precinct.
Patrolman Fish was on horseback patrol on Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn when he was thrown from his horse. The horse then stepped on Patrolman Fish, causing internal injuries. Those injuries caused an infection that lead to Patrolman Fish's death.
Patrolman Fish had served with the New York City Police Department for three years and was assigned to the Prospect Park Precinct.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, parents, and two sisters and is buried at Highland Cemetery in Sidney Center, New York.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Fish gave the New York City Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Fish.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Artemus L. Fish is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 30 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Police Department, 283 of 1237 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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