Blowing Rock Police Department

Blowing Rock Police Department has lost 3 officers across 107 years on record. 2 — 66.7% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 8.6 percentage points above the national average of 58.1% for Police Departments — reflecting the particular danger faced by officers in this jurisdiction.

Blowing Rock 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.