Roberto Luis Calderon
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Police Officer

Roberto Luis Calderon

Accident
End of Watch December 7, 1999
Age 27
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Robert Calderon was killed when his patrol car collided with a transit bus while he was responding to a non-emergency call.

The collision occurred at the intersection of the South Miami-Dade Busway and Hibiscus Street in Perine. He and his partner were in the bus lane that runs parallel to U.S. Route 1 when the crash occurred. Officer Calderon's partner was transported to a local hospital in serious but stable condition.

The driver of the bus was charged with running a red light as a result of the ensuing crash investigation.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Calderon gave the Miami-Dade Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Doral community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Calderon.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Doral, FL
Platform Identity mdpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 7, 1999
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Roberto Luis Calderon 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Miami-Dade Police Department, 5 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Miami-Dade Police Department
5
of 10 officers
50% Accident
FL — Statewide
313
of 1,008 officers
31.1% 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. Roberto Luis Calderon'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 Roberto Luis Calderon Compares

Age at End of Watch
27
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
5
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roberto Luis Calderon is highlighted in Dec.

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