Clarence E. Peck

Pasadena Police Department — Pasadena, CA

Accident

End of Watch August 4, 1911

Age 38

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Police Officer Clarence Peck succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound sustained three days earlier in front of 156 North Broadway (North Arroyo Parkway).

He and another officer had responded to a domestic disturbance at a home and discovered several small rags had been set on fire. The other officer was attempting to open a fire hydrant when his revolver fell from its holster and discharged. The round went through the officer's leg and struck Officer Peck, lodging in his lung.

Officer Peck was taken to Pasadena Hospital where he succumbed to the wound three days later.

Officer Peck was survived by his wife and young son.

Survivors

Officer Peck was survived by his wife and young son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Peck gave the Pasadena Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pasadena community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Peck.

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

Agency

Department Pasadena Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Platform Identity pasapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 4, 1911

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 2 mo

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Police Officer Clarence E. Peck 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 39.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pasadena Police Department, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Pasadena Police Department

of 4 officers

50% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident