Daniel E. Eaker

Chesapeake Police Department — Chesapeake, VA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 4, 1995

Age 37

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Police Officer Daniel Eaker was killed after being struck by a vehicle at 5:00 a.m. on Route 17 near Ballahack Road. Officer Eaker had stopped off of a roadway after clearing from a call and was completing paperwork. The driver of a tractor-trailer saw the officer and stopped on the roadway to ask for assistance. After being waved over, Officer Eaker went to the driver and, after speaking with him, stepped off of the rig and back onto the roadway. As he stepped down, he was fatally struck by a southbound vehicle. Officer Eaker was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Chesapeake Police Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents, two sisters, and two brothers.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Police Officer Eaker gave the Chesapeake Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Chesapeake, VA

Platform Identity cpd.chesapeake.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 4, 1995

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Daniel E. Eaker served in the U.S. Navy (1977â1981) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Daniel E. Eaker 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 VA, 204 of 655 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Chesapeake Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Chesapeake Police Department

of 6 officers

33.3% Accident

VA — Statewide

204

of 655 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident