Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Wolfe was killed as a result of an automobile accident.
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24 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Wolfe gave the Boston Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Wolfe.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John P. M. Wolfe is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John P. M. Wolfe's cause is highlighted.
How John P. M. Wolfe Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John P. M. Wolfe is highlighted in Dec.
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