Samuel Lumsden
Chief Constable

Samuel Lumsden

Accident
End of Watch February 14, 1819
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Drowned while attempting to rescue another officer after their boat had capsized.

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207 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Chief Constable Lumsden served with the Peace Preservation Force.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location L
Platform Identity ppf.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 14, 1819
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Drowned

Chief Constable Samuel Lumsden is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In L, 90 of 749 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 12% of this state's fallen. That is 19 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Peace Preservation Force, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Peace Preservation Force
2
of 6 officers
33.3% Accident
L — Statewide
90
of 749 officers
12% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Lumsden's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Samuel Lumsden Compares

Age at End of Watch
31
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Lumsden is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897