Janet Julane Hinkle
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Officer

Janet Julane Hinkle

Boulder Police Department — Boulder, CO
Accident
End of Watch September 21, 1977
Age 23
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Officer Janet Hinkle was killed in a vehicle crash while driving to the department's shooting range south of Boulder.

She had been instructed to drive her personal vehicle to the range due to a shortage of department vehicles.

Officer Hinkle had served with the Boulder Police Department for two years.

Thank you for service Officer Janet Hinkle !!!!!

Sergeant David Dufault (Ret) Hartford Police Dept June 17th, 2025

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hinkle gave the Boulder Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Boulder community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hinkle.

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

Agency

Location Boulder, CO
Platform Identity bpd.boulder.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 21, 1977
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 23
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Janet Julane Hinkle 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 CO, 101 of 360 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Boulder Police Department, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Boulder Police Department
2
of 7 officers
28.6% Accident
CO — Statewide
101
of 360 officers
28.1% 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. Janet Julane Hinkle'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 Janet Julane Hinkle Compares

Age at End of Watch
23
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Janet Julane Hinkle is highlighted in Sep.

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