Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective John Stevens succumbed to injuries sustained two weeks earlier in a single vehicle collision on Dover Road in Lacey Township.
He was working on an undercover assignment and was driving an undercover vehicle when it crossed the center and struck a tree. He was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he remained until passing away on January 21st.
Detective Stevens had served with the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office for 15 years and had previously served with the New Jersey State Attorney's Office for five years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 10-year-old son.
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective I Stevens gave the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Toms River community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective I Stevens.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective I John Scott Stevens 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Scott Stevens's cause is highlighted.
How John Scott Stevens Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Scott Stevens is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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