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Patrolman

William H. Hopkins

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 21, 1917

Age 31

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

The Vigil Panel 32 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 57

Incident

Patrolman William Hopkins succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash while attempting to stop a speeding car on Bloomfield Avenue and Branch Brook Park Drive in Newark.

Another vehicle crashed into his motorcycle, causing him to sustain severe injuries. He succumbed to his injuries at City Hospital two days later.

Patrolman Hopkins was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Newark Police Division for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

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 Hopkins gave the Newark Police Division 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Newark Police Division

Type Police Department

Location Newark, NJ

Platform Identity npdpd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 21, 1917

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

William H. Hopkins served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman William H. Hopkins 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 39.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Newark Police Division, 19 of 58 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.8% of this agency's fallen.

Newark Police Division

of 58 officers

32.8% Accident

NJ — Statewide

258

of 646 officers

39.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident