Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Peter Oginskis died as a result of an automobile crash in a department vehicle at 11 pm. He was operating a motorcycle when he was hit head-on by an automobile at the intersection of Pond Street and Arbor Way in the Jamaica Pond section of Boston. He was transported to Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the next morning. Patrolman Oginskis was a United States Navy WWI veteran and had served with the Boston Police Department for two years. He was survived by his mother, father, and three sisters. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother, father, and three sisters.
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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 Oginskis gave the Boston Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Peter P. Oginskis served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Peter P. Oginskis 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
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. Peter P. Oginskis's cause is highlighted.
How Peter P. Oginskis Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Peter P. Oginskis is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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