Daniel J. Lane

Watertown Police Department — Watertown, CT

Accident

End of Watch August 7, 1913

Age 34

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 81

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Officer Daniel Lane was electrocuted by an exposed wire from a lamp post at the intersection of Grove Street and Cooke Street in Waterbury at 10:33 pm. He had notified the desk sergeant of the broken lamp, but when the electric company failed to show up, he attempted to fix it himself. As he climbed up the lamp post, the entire lamp post collapsed and landed on top of him. An exposed 2200-volt wire came in contact with him, killing him. Officer Lane had served with the Waterbury Police Department for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, four brothers, and two sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Lane gave the Waterbury Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Waterbury community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Lane.

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

Agency

Department Watertown Police Department

Location Watertown, CT

Platform Identity watepd.naugatuck.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 7, 1913

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 34

Badge Number 81

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrol Officer Daniel J. Lane 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%.

At Watertown Police Department, 3 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.

Watertown Police Department

of 11 officers

27.3% Accident

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

43.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident