Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Thomas Lawler succumbed to injuries sustained a week earlier when he fell through a trestle work on the Bustleton Railroad Bridge.
Officer Lawler had been assigned to a foot patrol assignment in the area when the incident occurred.
Police Officer Lawler served with the Philadelphia Police Department for only two weeks and was assigned to the 27th Police District.
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- July 23, 2026
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135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Lawler served with the Philadelphia Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Thomas W. Lawler 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas W. Lawler's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas W. Lawler Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas W. Lawler is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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