Roll of Honor
James Michael Salvino Jr.
Incident
Deputy Sheriff James Salvino died from injuries suffered in Lima, Ohio, the previous day when he and another deputy were on their way to transport prisoners.
They were on the entrance ramp from State Route 309 to I-75 when the patrol car began to slide on the wet roadway and then spun into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.
Deputy Salvino was transported to a local hospital and then flown to a second hospital before succumbing to his injuries. His partner was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Salvino gave the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Salvino.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff James Michael Salvino Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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