Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Christine Peters succumbed to injuries sustained 12 days earlier when she was struck by a vehicle on Edmonston Road, north of Cherrywood Lane, while assisting officers from the United States Park Police at the scene of a crash at about 10:00 pm.
Another vehicle struck Officer Peters while she was outside of her vehicle. She was flown to a local hospital where she remained until succumbing to her injuries.
Corporal Peters had served with the Greenbelt Police Department for 22 years and had previously served with the University of Maryland Police Department for five years. She was posthumously promoted to the rank of Corporal.
Survivors
She is survived by her husband, daughter, and son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
27 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Peters gave the Greenbelt Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Greenbelt community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Peters.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Christine Lynn Peters 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 Greenbelt City Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christine Lynn Peters's cause is highlighted.
How Christine Lynn Peters Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Christine Lynn Peters is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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