Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Franklin Dix succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound sustained the previous day.
He was attending the town board meeting, at Wegman Road and Buffalo Road, when his pistol fell from its holster as he bent over. The pistol discharged when it struck the ground. The round struck Constable Dix in the abdomen, causing a serious sound. He was taken to a local hospital where he died the following day.
Constable Dix had served with the Gates Police Department for two years. He was also a member of the Gates-Chili Volunteer Fire Department.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, and two sisters.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Dix gave the Gates Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Rochester community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Dix.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Franklin G. Dix is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 30 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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