Michael Latvis

Nashua Police Department — Nashua, NH

Accident

End of Watch December 22, 1956

Age 38

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Badge 59

The Vigil Panel 92 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Patrolman Michael Latvis succumbed to injuries received the previous night while responding to a medical emergency in a police ambulance. During his response the ambulance collided with a vehicle at West Pearl Street and Chestnut Street, ejecting Patrolman Latvis from the ambulance. He was transported to a local hospital where died the next day. The driver of the other vehicle left the scene but turned himself into police later in the evening and was given several sobriety tests.

Survivors

Patrolman Latvis had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Latvis gave the Nashua Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Nashua community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Latvis.

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

Agency

Department Nashua Police Department

Location Nashua, NH

Platform Identity npd.hillsborough.nh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 22, 1956

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 38

Badge Number 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Michael Latvis 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 NH, 16 of 59 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Nashua Police Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Nashua Police Department

of 5 officers

40% Accident

NH — Statewide

of 59 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident