Harold Jerome Carey

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Accident

End of Watch October 30, 1998

Age 28

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Police Officer Harold Carey was killed when the police van he was riding in collided with a police cruiser at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and 20th Street as both vehicles were responding to an officer needs assistance call. The crash occurred as both vehicles entered an intersection at a high rate of speed. The impact knocked the police van onto its side and onto another vehicle. It took rescue workers over one hour to free Officer Carey and the driver of the van. Both other officers were injured and were flown to a local hospital. Officer Carey had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for six years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Carey gave the Baltimore City Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Carey.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Dept.

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 30, 1998

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Harold Jerome Carey 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 Baltimore Police Dept., 52 of 151 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.4% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Dept.

of 151 officers

34.4% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident