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Patrolman

Charles Wilson Hanson

Braddock Borough Police Department — Braddock, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch April 9, 1925

Age 38

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

The Vigil Panel 49 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Charles Hanson succumbed to injuries sustained two weeks earlier when his police motorcycle was struck by a truck at the intersection of 7th Street and Braddock Avenue.

He was pulling alongside a speeding vehicle in order to flag it over when he was struck head-on by an oncoming truck, causing him to suffer severe injuries. He was transported to Braddock General Hospital where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.

Patrolman Hanson was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the Braddock Borough Police Department for one year and had previously served with the Milton Police Department for seven years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons. The accident occurred the day before his 38th birthday.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, 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.
Patrolman Hanson gave the Braddock Borough Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Braddock community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Braddock Borough Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Braddock, PA

Platform Identity bradpd.allegheny.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 9, 1925

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

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

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Patrolman Charles Wilson Hanson is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 Braddock Borough Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Braddock Borough Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident