Charles E. Hall

Lincoln Police Department — Lincoln, NE

Accident

End of Watch March 31, 1917

Age 53

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Captain Hall was killed in an automobile accident while he and a citizen searched for stolen cars near Havelock Road. While attempting to negotiate a curve, the vehicle flipped over several times, trapping both occupants underneath it. Another officer found the two victims the next day.

Survivors

Captain Hall had served with the Lincoln Police Department for 20 years and was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Hall gave the Lincoln Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Lincoln community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Hall.

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

Agency

Department Lincoln Police Department

Location Lincoln, NE

Platform Identity lpd.lancaster.ne.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 1917

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 53

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Captain Charles E. Hall is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NE, 36 of 151 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Lincoln Police Department, 3 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.

Lincoln Police Department

of 8 officers

37.5% Accident

NE — Statewide

of 151 officers

23.8% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident