Patrick C. Gannon

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Accident

End of Watch April 2, 1940

Age 46

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Gannon inhaled toxic fumes, became ill, and died while on duty at a spa.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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21 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Gannon gave the Boston Police Department 21 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, Patrolman Gannon.

— 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 April 2, 1940

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Patrick C. Gannon 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 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 97,772 officers

0% Accident