Theodore Laux

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ

Accident Veteran

End of Watch February 4, 1950

Age 51

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

The Vigil Panel 86 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 57

Incident

Sergeant Theodore Laux was killed in an automobile crash on McCarter Highway near Astor Street while responding to another collision scene. Sergeant Laux was riding in an Emergency Squad truck that had swerved to avoid hitting a vehicle when it was struck by another car and then overturned. Sergeant Laux was pinned underneath the truck and killed. The four other officers riding in the truck were slightly injured. Sergeant Laux was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Newark Police Division for 30 years.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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.
Sergeant Laux gave the Newark Police Division 30 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark 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

Department Newark Police Division

Location Newark, NJ

Platform Identity npdpd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 4, 1950

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Theodore Laux served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant Theodore Laux 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Newark Police Division, 19 of 58 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.8% of this agency's fallen.

Newark Police Division

of 58 officers

32.8% Accident

NJ — Statewide

258

of 646 officers

39.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident