Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Fred Pettee was stuck and killed by an automobile while assisting the Massachusetts State Police with an accident investigation on Route 1. Patrolman Pettee had served with the agency for 15 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Pettee gave the Foxborough Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Foxborough community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Pettee.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Fred W. Pettee 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Fred W. Pettee's cause is highlighted.
How Fred W. Pettee Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Fred W. Pettee is highlighted in Dec.