Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Michael Curley died after being overcome by toxic fumes while directing traffic at the scene of a large truck fire on South Orange Avenue. CPR was begun immediately after he collapsed. He was transported to a local hospital where he died.
Lieutenant Curley had served with the agency for 28 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and seven children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Curley gave the Livingston Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Livingston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Curley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Michael J. Curley 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. Michael J. Curley's cause is highlighted.
How Michael J. Curley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael J. Curley is highlighted in Mar.