James Hughes

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Accident

End of Watch November 19, 1919

Age 42

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1,236

Incident

Patrolman James Hughes and Patrolman John McIntyre were killed when their patrol boat capsized.

Patrolman Hughes and Patrolman McIntyre left Randall's Island on Patrol Boat #7 to patrol the Harlem River at approximately 1600 hours. At 1800 hours, a tugboat found the patrol boat overturned in the river near the 130th Street Bridge. The crew uprighted the boat and found that Patrolman Hughes had died. They were unable to locate Patrolman McIntyre, who was later found to have drowned when the boat overturned.

An investigation uncovered no witnesses to the incident, and it is not known what caused the patrol boat to overturn.

Patrolman Hughes was assigned to the Marine Division, the present day Harbor Patrol.

Rest In Peace Brother in Blue. Thank you Hero and your family for your sacrifice and service. Always remembered.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.) Upland Police Dept. CA November 19th, 2019

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Hughes gave the New York City Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Hughes.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 19, 1919

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 42

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman James Hughes 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At New York City Police Department, 283 of 1237 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.9% of this agency's fallen.

New York City Police Department

283

of 1,237 officers

22.9% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident