Roll of Honor
Cecil Arthur Smith, Sr.
Incident
Senior Corrections Officer Cecil Smith died from injuries he received when he fell from a transport vehicle.
Officer Smith had just completed escorting a transport vehicle from the front gate of the New Jersey Juvenile Corrections Facility, when he fell from the truck, injuring his knee, shoulder, and head. Officer Smith required several surgeries to repair the damage caused by the fall.
On March 29, 2007, Officer Smith died of complications from the injuries he sustained in the fall.
Officer Smith had served with the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission for 26 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
26 years. You could have gone home.
Senior Corrections Officer Smith gave the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Trenton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corrections Officer Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Corrections Officer Cecil Arthur Smith, Sr. 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 New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Juvenile Justice Commission, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Cecil Arthur Smith, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Cecil Arthur Smith, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Cecil Arthur Smith, Sr. is highlighted in Mar.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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