John H. Kane

Norwich Police Department — Norwich, CT

Accident

End of Watch April 6, 1923

Age 58

Tour of Duty 33 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Sergeant John Kane was electrocuted on Crescent Street, near the Park Congregational Church, after coming into contact with an electrical cable pole that had shorted out with 4,000 volts. He was investigating the death of a teenager who had also been killed after coming into contact with the cable pole around 7:00 p.m. The investigation revealed that the pole had a leaky insulator and would only pulse extra electricity when a trolley car traveled past. Sergeant Kane had served with the Norwich Police Department for 33 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

33 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Kane gave the Norwich Police Department 33 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Norwich community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Kane.

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

Agency

Department Norwich Police Department

Location Norwich, CT

Platform Identity npd.southeastern.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 6, 1923

Tour of Duty 33 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant John H. Kane 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 Norwich Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Norwich Police Department

of 5 officers

20% Accident

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

43.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident