Roll of Honor
Casimiro Maximino Pomales
Incident
Corrections Officer Casimiro Pomales was killed in an automobile accident as he and another officer transported an inmate to a medical appointment.
Officer Pomales was driving a prison van on the New York State Thruway, near Ulster, when it was sideswiped by another car. The impact caused the van to overturn. Officer Pomales, the other officer, and the inmate were transported to Kingston Hospital where Officer Pomales was pronounced dead.
Officer Pomales had served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services for over 22 years and was assigned to the Eastern Correctional Facility.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and several grown children.
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Tributes
22 years. You could have gone home.
Corrections Officer Pomales gave the New York State Department of Correctional Services 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Pomales.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Casimiro Maximino Pomales served in the U.S. Navy (1976â1980) before joining law enforcement.
Corrections Officer Casimiro Maximino Pomales 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 State Department of Correctional Services, 4 of 36 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Casimiro Maximino Pomales's cause is highlighted.
How Casimiro Maximino Pomales Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Casimiro Maximino Pomales served in the U.S. Navy (1976–1980) before joining law enforcement.
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