Harold J. Mosman

Lewiston Police Department — Lewiston, ID

Accident

End of Watch August 9, 1921

Age 21

Tour of Duty 3 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Officer Mosman was killed in a motorcycle accident while attempting to locate a doctor to attend to two drowning victims on the Clearwater River. He was attempting to pass a car on Main Street when his motorcycle wheels struck streetcar tracks, causing him to be thrown from the bike. Officer Mosman was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital where he died two days later. Officer Mosman had been with the agency for only three months.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Mosman served with the Lewiston Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Lewiston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Mosman.

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

Agency

Department Lewiston Police Department

Location Lewiston, ID

Platform Identity lpd.nezperce.id.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 9, 1921

Tour of Duty 3 mo

Age 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Harold J. Mosman 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 ID, 21 of 71 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Lewiston Police Department, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.

Lewiston Police Department

of 5 officers

20% Accident

ID — Statewide

of 71 officers

29.6% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident