Thomas F. Dynan

Cambridge Police Department — Cambridge, MA

Accident

End of Watch January 4, 1912

Age 60

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Thomas Dynan succumbed to injuries sustained on December 31st, 1911, when he was struck by a streetcar near the intersection of Main Street and First Street in Kendell Square.

He had just finished handling a call for service at Engine 7 and was crossing the street when the streetcar's fender struck him and knocked him down. He suffered a fractured skull when he hit his head on the pavement.

Patrolman Dynan had served with the Cambridge Police Department for 30 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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Tributes

30 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Dynan gave the Cambridge Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Cambridge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Dynan.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Cambridge Police Department

Location Cambridge, MA

Platform Identity cambpd.middlesex.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 4, 1912

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 60

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Struck by streetcar

Patrolman Thomas F. Dynan 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 Cambridge Police Department, 4 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Cambridge Police Department

of 12 officers

33.3% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident