Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Ruben Jones died approximately one month after being struck by a vehicle while on his police motorcycle on Northwest 199th Street. He was working at the Miami Dolphins game when the crash occurred. He was driving behind a Chevy Blazer, which suddenly made a U-turn in front of him, causing him to strike the driver's side door. Officer Jones was airlifted to a local hospital, where he remained until he passed away on October 5, 1998. Officer Jones was a United States Air Force Vietnam War veteran and had served in law enforcement for 26 years. He was the Citizens' Crime Watch Officer of the Year in 1983.
Survivors
He is survived by his two sons and two daughters.
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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 Jones gave the Miami-Dade Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Doral 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
Rueben Isaac Jones served in the Air Force (1965â1968) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Rueben Isaac Jones 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Rueben Isaac Jones's cause is highlighted.
How Rueben Isaac Jones Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Rueben Isaac Jones is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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