Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Teddy Moos succumbed to injuries sustained one month earlier when he was struck by a vehicle on I-295 in Bellmawr. Around 12:45 a.m., Sergeant Moos was assisting another trooper at the scene of a vehicle crash northbound on Highway 42, near mile marker 14. He was directing traffic around the crash scene when he was struck. He was transported to Cooper Hospital- University Medical Center in Camden. He passed away on February 27, 1987. The driver was also injured, and initial reports stated that he was driving while intoxicated. No details have been discovered about whether the man was charged. Sergeant Moos had served with the New Jersey State Police for almost 16 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Moos gave the New Jersey State Police 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Moos.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Theodore Moos 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 New Jersey State Police, 53 of 84 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Theodore Moos's cause is highlighted.
How Theodore Moos Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Theodore Moos is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
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