Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen
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Police Officer

Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen

Santa Ana Police Department — Santa Ana, CA
Accident
End of Watch March 3, 1931
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Jensen succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident three days earlier while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle.

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July 23, 2026

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Jensen served with the Santa Ana Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Santa Ana community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Jensen.

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

Agency

Location Santa Ana, CA
Platform Identity sapd.orange.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 3, 1931
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Not available
Offender Not available

Police Officer Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Santa Ana Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Santa Ana Police Department
1
of 4 officers
25% Accident
CA — Statewide
719
of 1,837 officers
39.1% 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. Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen'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 Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen Compares

Offender Outcome

Not available

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen is highlighted in Mar.

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