Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Emil Bock was killed in a motorcycle crash while pursuing a speeder on State Highway 41 in Camden County. A vehicle was attempting to turn on a cloverleaf road when a car approached at a high speed. The vehicle stopped to let the speeding vehicle pass. The driver did not see Trooper Bock behind the speeding vehicle. Trooper Bock was unable to stop when the vehicle attempted to merge onto the cloverleaf. He was thrown off his motorcycle and succumbed to his injuries at Cooper Hospital. Trooper Bock was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the New Jersey State Police for six months.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents, two brothers, a sister, and a fiancee.
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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.
Trooper Bock served with the New Jersey State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey, 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
Emil J. Bock served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
Trooper Emil J. Bock is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 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 State Police, 53 of 84 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Emil J. Bock's cause is highlighted.
How Emil J. Bock Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Emil J. Bock is highlighted in May.
Military Service
Emil J. Bock served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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