Rochester Police Department has lost
3
officers .
1 — 33.3% — was killed feloniously,
meaning an officer was deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty.
This is 24.6 percentage points below the national average of 57.9% for Police Departments.
1 officer was lost to accidents —
33.3% of this agency's fallen, compared to 28.1% nationally for Police Departments.
Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 3 officers who died did so in an accident.
Rochester Police Department honors
1 officer whose death was linked to the weight of the job —
officers who served, who carried what the badge demands, and who deserve to be on this wall equally.
badge.nw is one of the only memorials that honors these officers without exception.
This represents 33.3% of this agency's fallen,
compared to a national average of 0.8% for Police Departments.