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Patrolman

Stanley R. Monahan

Oneonta City Police Department — Oneonta, NY

Accident

End of Watch October 29, 1942

Age 36

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Patrolman Stanley Monahan was killed in an automobile accident while returning to Oneonta from Sidney Center, New York, after an attempt to serve an arrest warrant. He was traveling eastbound on State Route 7 when another car approached him from the opposite direction. Patrolman Monahan pulled to the right of the road and the car dropped off of the pavement. As he attempted to pull back onto the pavement the vehicle crossed the roadway and struck the guard rail. He was thrown from the vehicle and sustained fatal head injuries. Patrolman Monahan had served with the Oneonta Police Department for 1.5 years and had previously served with the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Police.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and 7-year-old daughter.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Patrolman Monahan gave the Oneonta City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Oneonta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Monahan.

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

Agency

Department Oneonta City Police Department

Location Oneonta, NY

Platform Identity opd.otsego.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 29, 1942

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Stanley R. Monahan 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%.

Oneonta City Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% 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. Stanley R. Monahan'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 Stanley R. Monahan Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

1.5