Charles Barton Licato

Harford County Sheriff's Office — Bel Air, MD

Accident

End of Watch September 6, 2012

Age 34

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Corporal Charles Licato was killed in a single vehicle crash on Route 1, in Darlington, shortly before 2:30 am.

A citizen called 911 to report the crash and responding deputies discovered Corporal Licato's department vehicle.

On September 12th, 2012, Sergeant Ian Loughran suffered a fatal heart while attending Corporal Licato's funeral.

Corporal Licato had served with the Harford County Sheriff's Office for 14 years and was assigned to the Apprehension Unit. His brother serves with the same agency working Patrol, and his father serves in law enforcement at an allied agency.

Rest in peace Corporal Licato. Sorry to hear of Sergeant Loughran's passing while attending your Inspector's funeral.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis November 9th, 2021

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Licato gave the Harford County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bel Air community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Licato.

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

Agency

Department Harford County Sheriff's Office

Location Bel Air, MD

Platform Identity hcso.harford.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 6, 2012

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corporal Charles Barton Licato 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Harford County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Harford County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

16.7% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident