Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman James McVerry succumbed to injuries sustained when the patrol wagon he was riding in overturned on Merchant Street as it responded to a fire on Brighton Road on February 15th, 1929.
He suffered a scalp laceration that became severely infected. Five other officers riding on the patrol wagon were also injured. Patrolman McVerry's condition worsened, and he died on March 15th, 1929.
Patrolman McVerry's brother, Patrolman Thomas Francis McVerry, died in the line of duty on October 26, 1918.
Patrolman McVerry had served with the Pittsburgh Police Department for 25 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
25 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman McVerry gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McVerry.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman James J. McVerry 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, 38 of 101 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James J. McVerry's cause is highlighted.
How James J. McVerry Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James J. McVerry is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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