Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Frank Dailey and Patrolman Robert Hauptman were killed in an airplane accident while returning to Morristown Airport following a reconnaissance flight searching for a marijuana crop. During their return to the airport at 5:20 p.m., the Cessna 150 stalled and then clipped a tree and crashed into the ground at 9 First Street in Florham Park. Detective Daily was a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had been awarded the Purple Heart. He had served with the Florham Park Police Department for over five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and siblings.
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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.
Detective Dailey gave the Florham Park Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Florham Park 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Francis A. Dailey Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1967â1969) before joining law enforcement.
Detective Francis A. Dailey Jr. 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 39.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Florham Park Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Francis A. Dailey Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Francis A. Dailey Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Francis A. Dailey Jr. is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Military Service
Francis A. Dailey Jr. served in the U.S. Army (1967–1969) before joining law enforcement.
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