Richard George Magan

Fall River Police Department — Fall River, MA

Accident

End of Watch August 11, 2000

Age 39

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Magan died after falling off a ledge while responding to an assistance call at a community festival.

He and two other officers were attempting to take a shortcut through a hole in a fence, which had a 25-foot drop-off on the other side. Officer Magan fell off of the ledge and onto a set of railroad tracks below. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 20 minutes later.

Survivors

Officer Magan had been employed with the Fall River Police Department for 18 years, and is survived by his wife and three young children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Magan gave the Fall River Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fall River community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Magan.

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

Agency

Department Fall River Police Department

Location Fall River, MA

Platform Identity frpd.bristol.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 11, 2000

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Richard George Magan 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Fall River Police Department, 3 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Fall River Police Department

of 9 officers

33.3% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident