Patricia E. Quinn
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Officer

Patricia E. Quinn

Accident
End of Watch November 4, 1987
Age 25
Tour of Duty 2 mo
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Gender Female

Incident

Officer Patricia Quinn succumbed to head injuries sustained two weeks earlier while participating in a required boxing exercise at the police academy. Officer Quinn had served with the Washington Township Police Department for two months and had previously worked as a police dispatcher.

Survivors

She is survived by her mother, three brothers, and a sister.

In Our Keeping

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Stewardship
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Quinn served with the Washington Township Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Sewell community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Quinn.

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

Agency

Location Sewell, NJ
Platform Identity wtpd.gloucester.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 4, 1987
Tour of Duty 2 mo
Age 25
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Patricia E. Quinn 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%.

At Washington Township Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Washington Township Police Department
1
of 2 officers
50% Accident
NJ — Statewide
258
of 646 officers
39.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Patricia E. Quinn's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Patricia E. Quinn Compares

Age at End of Watch
25
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Patricia E. Quinn is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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