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Patrolman

James Thomas Baldini

Paterson Police Department — Paterson, NJ

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 9, 1928

Age 28

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 11 mo

Badge 117

The Vigil Panel 56 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 10

Incident

Patrolman James Baldini was killed when his police motorcycle was struck from behind at McBride Avenue and Hoxey Street.

The crash occurred as he was returning to the police station at the end of his tour before he started a scheduled vacation. His body was found by fellow officers who took him to Saint Joseph's Hospital where he died a short time later.

Patrolman Baldini was a U.S Army veteran of World war I and had served with the Paterson Police Department for less than two years.

No passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) September 9th, 2020

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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.
Patrolman Baldini gave the Paterson Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Paterson community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Paterson Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Platform Identity patepd.passaic.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 9, 1928

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 11 mo

Age 28

Badge Number 117

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Military Service

James Thomas Baldini served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman James Thomas Baldini 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 97,759 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%.

At Paterson Police Department, 5 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 45.5% of this agency's fallen.

Paterson Police Department

of 11 officers

45.5% Felonious

NJ — Statewide

229

of 646 officers

35.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious