Michael Erdley

Westchester County Parkway Police Department — Hawthorne, NY

Accident

End of Watch March 30, 1933

Age 35

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Michael Erdley died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on Saw Mill River Parkway at Palmer Road.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Erdley served with the Westchester County Parkway Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Hawthorne community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Erdley.

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

Agency

Department Westchester County Parkway Police Department

Location Hawthorne, NY

Platform Identity wcppd.westchester.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 30, 1933

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Michael Erdley 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 Westchester County Parkway Police Department, 10 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 83.3% of this agency's fallen.

Westchester County Parkway Police Department

of 12 officers

83.3% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident