James B. Quinlan
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Patrolman

James B. Quinlan

Jersey City Police Department — Jersey City, NJ
Accident
End of Watch April 7, 1923
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman James Quinlan was killed in an automobile crash while driving an injured citizen to a hospital.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Quinlan served with the Jersey City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Quinlan.

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

Agency

Location Jersey City, NJ
Platform Identity jpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 7, 1923
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman James B. Quinlan 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 Jersey City Police Department, 21 of 41 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51.2% of this agency's fallen.

Jersey City Police Department
21
of 41 officers
51.2% 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. James B. Quinlan'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 James B. Quinlan Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James B. Quinlan is highlighted in Apr.

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