Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Adolphus Constantine drowned after falling overboard into the Potomac River while assigned to the police patrol boat. The patrol boat had been detailed to pull a barge owned by Senator John Kenna, of West Virginia, to a point near Indian Head, Maryland. The boat was returning to the District of Columbia when Officer Constantine fell overboard near Stump Neck, Maryland, at approximately 8:00 pm. His body was not recovered for several days. Officer Constantine had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for almost seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Constantine gave the Metropolitan Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Adolphus C. Constantine 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Metropolitan Police Department, 48 of 131 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Adolphus C. Constantine's cause is highlighted.
How Adolphus C. Constantine Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Adolphus C. Constantine is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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