John Staff Hasker
Sergeant

John Staff Hasker

Accident
End of Watch November 4, 1895
Age 47
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Gender Male

Incident

Killed alongside Police Fireman William Dryden of Sunderland Borough Police when a roof collapsed on them while they were fighting a fire.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Hasker served with the River Wear Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department River Wear Police
Location ENG
Platform Identity rwpd.snd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 4, 1895
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Fire

Sergeant John Staff Hasker 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 ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At River Wear Police, 7 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.

River Wear Police
7
of 8 officers
87.5% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% 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. John Staff Hasker'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 John Staff Hasker Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Staff Hasker is highlighted in Nov.

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