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Constable

Harry Buck

Cumberland County Constable's Office — Bridgeton, NJ

Felonious

End of Watch September 25, 1902

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Constable Harry Buck was shot and killed at Bacon's Neck by a man he was attempting to arrest on a warrant for disorderly conduct.

The suspect then shot and wounded his own wife, who had taken out the warrant.

A posse pursued the suspect into a nearby swamp. The next day his body was found in Smalley's Mill Pond. It was thought that he drowned himself out of fear of being lynched.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Buck served with the Cumberland County Constable's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Bridgeton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Buck.

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

Agency

Department Cumberland County Constable's Office

Type Other

Location Bridgeton, NJ

Platform Identity ccco.cumberland.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 25, 1902

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Constable Harry Buck is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In NJ, 229 of 646 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 35.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Cumberland County Constable's Office

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

NJ — Statewide

229

of 646 officers

35.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Buck's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How Harry Buck Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Harry Buck is highlighted in Sep.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,517

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

Incident Location

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