Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Raymond Bustard was struck and killed by an automobile while on a traffic post directing traffic at the intersection of Lorraine Avenue and Valley Road in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. He had motioned to a car heading east on Lorraine Avenue through the intersection when another vehicle heading south on Valley Avenue disregarded his hand signal to stop. The car struck the other vehicle in the left rear quarter panel, causing it to spin around. The spinning vehicle struck Patrolman Bustard with its right rear and slammed him into the wall of a building at the southeast corner of the intersection. Patrolman Bustard was transported to Mountainside Hospital by the Montclair Volunteer Ambulance Unit. He was pronounced dead at 8:27 am of multiple head injuries. The driver who caused the crash was charged with death by auto. Patrolman Bustard was a United States Army veteran of WWII. He had served with the Montclair Police Department for 23 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, two stepsons, two stepdaughters, and two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Bustard gave the Montclair Police Department 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Montclair community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Raymond T. Bustard served in the Army (1942â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Patrolman Raymond T. Bustard 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 Montclair Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raymond T. Bustard's cause is highlighted.
How Raymond T. Bustard Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Raymond T. Bustard is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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