Roll of Honor
Frederick H. Witte
Incident
Chief Frederick Witte succumbed to injuries sustained several days earlier when he was involved in an automobile accident while on duty.
Chief Witte had served with the agency for 27 years. He was survived b his wife and four children.
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27 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Witte gave the Englewood Cliffs Police Department 27 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Englewood Cliffs community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Witte.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Frederick H. Witte 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frederick H. Witte's cause is highlighted.
How Frederick H. Witte Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Frederick H. Witte is highlighted in Apr.