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Patrolman

Joseph Sternberg

Nassau County Police Department — Mineola, NY

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 16, 1954

Age 26

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Badge 726

The Vigil Panel 90 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 50

Incident

Patrolman Joseph Sternberg was killed in an automobile crash when his cruiser struck a tree on Woodmere Boulevard at Channel Road in Woodsburgh. He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at 3:30 a.m. He was a United States Army WWII veteran and had served with the Nassau County Police Department for four years, assigned to the Fourth Precinct.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two children, parents, and a brother who was also a law enforcement officer with the agency.

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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 Sternberg gave the Nassau County Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola 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 Nassau County Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Mineola, Nassau County, NY

Platform Identity ncpd.nassau.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 16, 1954

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 26

Badge Number 726

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Joseph Sternberg served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Joseph Sternberg is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 30 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Nassau County Police Department, 21 of 51 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.2% of this agency's fallen.

Nassau County Police Department

of 51 officers

41.2% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident