Charles Humphrey

Harrisburg Police Bureau — Harrisburg, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch September 6, 1907

Age 52

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 6

Incident

Officer Charles Humphrey succumbed to injuries received three days earlier when he was knocked over by a heifer that had gotten loose from a slaughterhouse at about 2:30 p.m. Officer Humphrey was attempting to get citizens out of the way of the heifer on Market Street near the Pennsylvania Railroad Station when he was hit. He suffered a skull fracture from hitting the ground. Officer Humphrey was a U.S Army veteran and had served with the Harrisburg Police Bureau for 12 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

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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.
Patrol Officer Humphrey gave the Harrisburg Police Bureau 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Harrisburg 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

Department Harrisburg Police Bureau

Type Police Department

Location Harrisburg, PA

Platform Identity hpbpd.dauphin.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 6, 1907

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Charles Humphrey served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrol Officer Charles Humphrey 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Harrisburg Police Bureau, 4 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Harrisburg Police Bureau

of 7 officers

57.1% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident