Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Baker was electrocuted when he attempted to move a utility pole from a roadway in Newkirks. Corporal Baker was the first Trooper on the scene of a car accident that snapped a utility pole, which fell and blocked the Caroga Lake-Johnstown Road. He was in the process of removing the pole from the highway when he accidentally touched a wire carrying 2,300 volts. Trooper Baker had been with the agency for nine years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Baker gave the New York State Police 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New York. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Baker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Leroy John Baker 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At New York State Police, 94 of 171 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 55% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Leroy John Baker's cause is highlighted.
How Leroy John Baker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Leroy John Baker is highlighted in Aug.
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