Herman Peccarelli

Orange Police Department — Orange, NJ

Felonious

End of Watch March 9, 1966

Age 44

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Lieutenant Herman Peccarelli was shot and killed during a standoff involving a man barricaded in a second-floor apartment at 291 Ogden Street. He as off duty when he volunteered to join officers in responding to a home on Ogden Street where a suspect wanted for three murders was believed to be hiding. When officers arrived at the scene a shootout ensued. Lieutenant Peccarelli was shot once in the head as he attempted to shoot tear gas into the home. The suspect was shot and killed. Earlier that night the suspect engaged in an argument with a man over the price of a car he wanted to buy from him when he went into a rage and stabbed to death the man, his pregnant wife, and his 10-year-old son. Lieutenant Peccarelli was posthumously promoted from the rank of Sergeant to Lieutenant, and on October 7th, 2008, he was then posthumously promoted to the rank of Inspector along with three other fallen officers from the Orange Police Department. He had served with the agency for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, and son.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Inspector Peccarelli gave the Orange Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Orange community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Peccarelli.

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

Agency

Department Orange Police Department

Location Orange, NJ

Platform Identity opd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1966

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Inspector Herman Peccarelli is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NJ, 264 of 646 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40.9% of this state's fallen. That is 13.3 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Orange Police Department, 3 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Orange Police Department

of 4 officers

75% Felonious

NJ — Statewide

264

of 646 officers

40.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious