Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Daniel Hobbs was killed when the patrol car he was riding in crashed into a patrol wagon at the entrance to the Berkley approach of the Norfolk-Berkley Bridge. The vehicles collided in the area of State Street and Berkley Avenue as they responded to an accident. He was ejected from the patrol car, which then ran over him. A U.S. Navy Shore Patrol vehicle transported him to a local hospital where he died. Officer Hobbs had served with the Norfolk Police Department for 27 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, three stepdaughters, and two siblings.
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- August 2, 2026
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
27 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Hobbs gave the Norfolk Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Norfolk community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hobbs.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Daniel E. Hobbs is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 Norfolk Police Department, 17 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel E. Hobbs's cause is highlighted.
How Daniel E. Hobbs Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel E. Hobbs is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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