Robert Lee Fisher, Jr.

Teaneck Police Department — Teaneck, NJ

Felonious

End of Watch April 19, 1996

Age 27

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 264

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Police Officer Robert Fisher was shot and killed while moonlighting as a security guard at the Sears store at 436 Main Street in Hackensack, New Jersey. He was transporting the night's cash box to his car when three men approached him and shot him in the chest. A magazine name and address label found beside Officer Fisher's car led to the arrest of the suspects, 19, 21, and 23. The subject who shot him and another were sentenced to life in prison. The killer will be eligible for parole in 2056 and the other in 2026. Officer Fisher had served with the Teaneck Police Department for 18 months and had previously served with the Bergen County Sheriff's Office for 18 months.

Survivors

He is survived by his son, parents, and fiancee.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Fisher gave the Teaneck Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Teaneck community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Fisher.

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

Agency

Department Teaneck Police Department

Location Teaneck, NJ

Platform Identity tpd.bergen.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 19, 1996

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 264

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Sentenced to life

Police Officer Robert Lee Fisher, Jr. 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 Teaneck Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Teaneck Police Department

of 4 officers

25% Felonious

NJ — Statewide

264

of 646 officers

40.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious