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Sheriff

John McInnis

Jefferson County Sheriff's Department — Port Hadlock, WA

Accident

End of Watch November 5, 1911

Age 54

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Sheriff JOhn McInnis drowned after being caught in a bad storm while searching for deer poachers in Port Townsend Bay. His boat was found capsized the following day floating two miles inside Marrowstone Point. His body was never recovered. Sheriff McInnis had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department for over four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four sons.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff McInnis gave the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Port Hadlock community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff McInnis.

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

Agency

Department Jefferson County Sheriff's Department

Location Port Hadlock, WA

Platform Identity jcso.jefferson.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 5, 1911

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sheriff John McInnis 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 WA, 111 of 339 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.7% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Department

of 2 officers

50% Accident

WA — Statewide

111

of 339 officers

32.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John McInnis's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How John McInnis Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John McInnis is highlighted in Nov.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

Incident Location

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