Errol C. Hawkins

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch April 24, 1984

Age 34

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Badge 2417

The Vigil Panel 128 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 46

Incident

Police Officer Rusty Hawkins was struck and killed while crossing the Frontage Road on Black Canyon Highway (Interstate Highway 17). He was on a nighttime undercover assignment when a truck hit him. During his time with the Phoenix Police Department, Officer Hawkins helped establish a hostage and barricade negotiations unit and served as a negotiator in hostage situations. Officer Hawkins was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 12 years. He was survived by his wife and two children. His brother served in law enforcement in Indiana.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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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 Hawkins gave the Phoenix Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix 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 Phoenix Police Department

Type Other

Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 24, 1984

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Age 34

Badge Number 2417

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Errol C. Hawkins served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Errol C. Hawkins 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 28.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Phoenix Police Department, 14 of 47 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.8% of this agency's fallen.

Phoenix Police Department

of 47 officers

29.8% Accident

AZ — Statewide

of 330 officers

28.8% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident