Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Richard Connors and Detective Albert Wiebelt drowned when their police car crashed through the Napoleon Avenue ferry gate and plunged into the Mississippi River. Their deaths were ruled accidental.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Connors served with the New Orleans Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Connors.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Richard Connors 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At New Orleans Police Department, 35 of 128 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Connors's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Connors Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Connors is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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