Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Smith died of injuries he received when he fell down a flight of stairs on his post.
Patrolman Smith was walking his foot post in Brooklyn when he went to the rear of 295 Bridge Street to check the rear door of a Tailor shop, which was a the bottom of a flight of 12 stairs. Patrolman Smith slipped and fell down the stairs, fracturing his skull. He died from his injury.
Patrolman Smith had served with the New York City Police Department for twenty-three years and was survived by his wife and five children. He was assigned to the Adams Street Station.
Patrolman Smith was walking his foot post in Brooklyn when he went to the rear of 295 Bridge Street to check the rear door of a Tailor shop, which was a the bottom of a flight of 12 stairs. Patrolman Smith slipped and fell down the stairs, fracturing his skull. He died from his injury.
Patrolman Smith had served with the New York City Police Department for twenty-three years and was survived by his wife and five children. He was assigned to the Adams Street Station.
Survivors
Patrolman Smith had served with the New York City Police Department for twenty-three years and was survived by his wife and five children.
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23 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Smith gave the New York City Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Thomas Smith 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 City Police Department, 283 of 1237 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Smith's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Smith is highlighted in Feb.
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