Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Manuel Fields was killed when he was struck by a car while making a traffic stop. As Trooper Fields was talking with the driver, another vehicle crossed the white fog line and struck and killed him instantly. The driver did not stop at the scene, but witnesses followed her and obtained her tag number. After being questioned, she said she thought she had struck a deer. She was charged with negligent homicide. The subject died in 1999. Trooper Fields had served with the Michigan State Police for eight years. He was survived by his wife and two children,
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Fields gave the Michigan State Police 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Fields.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper Manuel H. Fields 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 MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At MI State Police, 29 of 57 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Manuel H. Fields's cause is highlighted.
How Manuel H. Fields Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Manuel H. Fields is highlighted in Aug.
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