Thomas W. Evans

Johnstown Police Department — Johnstown, PA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch December 18, 1959

Age 40

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Badge 133

The Vigil Panel 95 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 8

Incident

Patrolman Evans was killed as he was attempting to stop a speeding vehicle. Patrolman Evans was near the end of his shift and heading back to the station to sign out and go home. He heard tires screeching loudly and rushed to see the cause of the noise. A car careened around a corner and Evans stepped off the curb and blew his whistle and raised his hand for the car to stop. The car didn’t stop and Evans was thrown across the street. Patrolman Evans was a U.S Army Veteran of WWII. He survived by his wife and three sons, Dave, Bill and Rick.

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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.
Patrolman Evans gave the Johnstown Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Johnstown 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 Johnstown Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Platform Identity jpd.cambria.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 18, 1959

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 40

Badge Number 133

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Thomas W. Evans served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Thomas W. Evans is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Johnstown Police Department, 2 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.

Johnstown Police Department

of 9 officers

22.2% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident