Daniel Sincavage
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Senior Correctional Police Officer

Daniel Sincavage

Accident
End of Watch May 19, 2022
Age 41
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Senior Correctional Police Officer Daniel Sincavage was killed in a vehicle crash on Route 47 in Maurice River Township at about 10:45 pm.

He and another officer were driving from one section of the Southern State Correctional Facility to another when his vehicle left the roadway, struck a tree, and became engulfed in flames.

Officer Sincavage had served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections for 20 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Sincavage gave the New Jersey Department of Corrections 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Correctional Police Officer Sincavage.

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

Agency

Location Trenton, NJ
Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 19, 2022
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Senior Correctional Police Officer Daniel Sincavage is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At New Jersey Department of Corrections, 3 of 32 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 9.4% of this agency's fallen.

New Jersey Department of Corrections
3
of 32 officers
9.4% Accident
NJ — Statewide
258
of 646 officers
39.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Daniel Sincavage's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Daniel Sincavage Compares

Age at End of Watch
41
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
20
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Daniel Sincavage is highlighted in May.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location