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Cadet

J. Harold Hanson

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 19, 1951

Age 35

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

The Vigil Panel 87 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 232

Incident

Cadet Harold Hanson was killed in a motorcycle crash while on a motorcycle training ride on the Sutter Bypass Bridge near Yuba City.

An oncoming car crossed the center line, causing Cadet Hanson to turn quickly. He struck the bridge railing and died instantly.

Cadet Hanson was a United States Marine Corps WWII veteran who had served with the California Highway Patrol for one year and previously served with the Pomona Police Department and the Coronado Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, father, three brothers, and two sisters.

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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.
Cadet Hanson gave the California Highway Patrol 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department California Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Sacramento, CA

Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 1951

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

J. Harold Hanson served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Cadet J. Harold Hanson 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 CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 39.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At California Highway Patrol, 151 of 233 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 64.8% of this agency's fallen.

California Highway Patrol

151

of 233 officers

64.8% Accident

CA — Statewide

719

of 1,837 officers

39.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident