Joseph M. Mullen

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch December 18, 1972

Age 61

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Joseph Mullen was struck and killed while directing traffic during an overtime assignment at the John Hancock Tower in Copley Square. He was struck by a trash truck that was leaving the construction site. Patrolman Mullen was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He had served with the Boston Police Department for 35 years and was assigned to the Harbor Division.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, brother, and sister.

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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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 Mullen gave the Boston Police Department 35 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing 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 Boston Police Department

Location Roxbury Crossing, MA

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

Service Record

End of Watch December 18, 1972

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Joseph M. Mullen served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Joseph M. Mullen 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 Boston Police Department, 31 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this agency's fallen.

Boston Police Department

of 106 officers

29.2% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident