Patrick Creeden

Newburyport Police Department — Newburyport, MA

Accident

End of Watch December 26, 1905

Age 46

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Captain Creeden died as the result of a fall. He and two other officers went to the train station in order to apprehend several suspects for whom they had arrest warrants. The suspects fled when they saw the officers approach, and Captain Creeden pursued them. As he was doing so lost his footing and fell off of a bridge. He succumbed to his injuries shortly thereafter at a hospital.

Captain Creeden had served in law enforcement for 18 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and six children.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Newburyport Police Department

Location Newburyport, MA

Platform Identity newbpd.essex.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 26, 1905

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Captain Patrick Creeden 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 Newburyport Police Department, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Newburyport Police Department

of 4 officers

50% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident