Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Nancy Nichols was killed when she was struck by a car after stopping to help a fellow officer. The first female officer hired by the Naugatuck Police Department, Officer Nichols was also the first female officer in Connecticut to die in the line of duty.
Survivors
Officer Nichols is survived by her son.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Nichols served with the Naugatuck Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Naugatuck community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Nichols.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Nancy Ellen Nichols 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. Nancy Ellen Nichols's cause is highlighted.
How Nancy Ellen Nichols Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Nancy Ellen Nichols is highlighted in Mar.