Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Walter Harrigan succumbed to injuries received in an accident while riding on the running board of a vehicle carrying an injured man to the hospital two days earlier. He was attending a Polish-American Citizens League event at Orchard Grove when a citizens suffered a broken leg. Patrolman Harrigan used his police whistle as he rode on the running board of a car taking him to the hospital. He slipped off of the running board and suffered a fractured skull. He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center where he died of his injuries. Patrolman Harrigan had been with the agency for five years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Harrigan gave the Jersey City Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Harrigan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Walter Harrigan is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,586 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 Jersey City Police Department, 21 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Walter Harrigan's cause is highlighted.
How Walter Harrigan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Walter Harrigan is highlighted in Aug.
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