Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Laffin succumbed to injuries received 12 days earlier when his patrol car left the roadway and struck a guard rail and a tree while chasing a motorcycle on CT Route 17 near the North Branford line. The suspect turned himself in the following day.
Survivors
Patrolman Laffin had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his expectant wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Laffin gave the North Haven Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the North Haven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Laffin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Timothy W. Laffin, Sr. 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 CT, 73 of 169 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12.2 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy W. Laffin, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Timothy W. Laffin, Sr. Compares
Offender Outcome
Apprehended
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy W. Laffin, Sr. is highlighted in May.