John Ivar Jackson

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch September 4, 1929

Age 37

Tour of Duty 11 mo

The Vigil Panel 58 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 105

Incident

Patrolman John Jackson was struck and killed by a car moments after stepping off a streetcar while walking his beat in West Roxbury. The collision caused him to be thrown into the windshield of the car and then onto the pavement. He suffered a fractured skull as a result of the impact. A passing motorist stopped and transported Patrolman Jackson to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Patrolman Jackson was a WWI veteran who served with the Boston Police Department for 11 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, 8-year-old son, and 1-year-old daughter.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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 Jackson served with the Boston Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing 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 Boston Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA

Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 4, 1929

Tour of Duty 11 mo

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

John Ivar Jackson served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman John Ivar Jackson 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 33.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Boston Police Department, 31 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this agency's fallen.

Boston Police Department

of 106 officers

29.2% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident