Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Roy Buckner succumbed to injuries sustained one month earlier when he was involved in an accident while escorting a city fire truck. The driver of the fire truck swerved left to avoid an open manhole cover. Patrolman Buckner also swerved left to avoid being struck by the truck, hit a raised manhole cover, and was thrown off his motorcycle into an illegally-parked truck. He was transported to Mt Sinai Hospital and remained there until he died. Patrolman Buckner had served with the Cleveland Division of Police for 10 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, son, and his mother.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Buckner gave the Cleveland Division of Police 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Buckner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Roy W. Buckner Jr. 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Cleveland Division of Police, 24 of 119 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roy W. Buckner Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Roy W. Buckner Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roy W. Buckner Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
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