Raymond Scott Harvick
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Police Officer

Raymond Scott Harvick

Mart Police Department — Mart, TX
Accident Veteran
End of Watch April 14, 1998
Age 29
Badge 424
The Vigil Panel 144 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Raymond Harvik succumbed to injuries he suffered in an automobile crash on April 12, 1998. Officer Harvik had just finished assisting paramedics with a medical emergency and was following an ambulance when he lost control of his patrol vehicle, a Chevy Blazer, as he entered a sharp curve in the road. A passenger in the vehicle was also injured. Officer Harvick was transported to the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Officer Harvik was a United States Army veteran who served with the Mart Police Department for only two months and previously served with the Dallas School District Police and the Roanoke Police Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his father, stepmother, brother, sister, and grandparents.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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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.
Police Officer Harvick served with the Mart Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mart 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

Location Mart, TX
Platform Identity mpd.mclennan.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 1998
Age 29
Badge Number 424
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Raymond Scott Harvick served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Raymond Scott Harvick 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Mart Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raymond Scott Harvick's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Raymond Scott Harvick Compares

Age at End of Watch
29
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Raymond Scott Harvick is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location