Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Thomas Devlin succumbed to injuries sustained on July 26th, 2018, when he was struck by a vehicle on Route 3, south of exit 29 in Billerica, while conducting a traffic stop.
Around 12:00 p.m., Trooper Devlin was speaking to the driver of the vehicle he had stopped when another vehicle entered the shoulder of the roadway and struck him, pinning him between the two cars. He suffered serious head and back injuries. He passed away from complications of the injuries on September 3rd, 2020.
Trooper Devlin had served with the Massachusetts State Police for 33 years.
Survivors
Survivors include his wife and four children.
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35 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Devlin gave the Massachusetts State Police 35 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Massachusetts. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Devlin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Thomas William Devlin 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Massachusetts State Police, 25 of 38 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 65.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas William Devlin's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas William Devlin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas William Devlin is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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