Robert A. Edmonds

Metropolitan Police Department — Boston, MA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch December 23, 1936

Age 43

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 11

Incident

Patrolman Robert Edmonds succumbed to injuries sustained on December 3rd, 1936, earlier when his patrol car collided with a tree on the Blue Hills Parkway, near Audubon Road, in Milton. He and his partner were pursuing a stolen automobile when the crash occurred. Both officers were taken to Milton where Patrolman Edmonds succumbed to his injuries on December 23rd, 1936. Patrolman Edmonds was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of WWI and a recipient of the Croix de Guerre. He had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 17 years and was assigned to the Blue Hills Station. He was survived by his wife, five daughters, mother, and sister. He is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Boston.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, five daughters, mother, and sister.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Edmonds gave the Metropolitan Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Boston community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police Department

Location Boston, MA

Platform Identity mpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 23, 1936

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Robert A. Edmonds served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Robert A. Edmonds 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 Metropolitan Police Department, 7 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 58.3% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 12 officers

58.3% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident