Casimiro Maximino Pomales
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Corrections Officer

Casimiro Maximino Pomales

Accident
End of Watch January 28, 2011
Age 52
Tour of Duty 22 yrs 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Corrections Officer Casimiro Pomales was killed in an automobile accident as he and another officer transported an inmate to a medical appointment.

Officer Pomales was driving a prison van on the New York State Thruway, near Ulster, when it was sideswiped by another car. The impact caused the van to overturn. Officer Pomales, the other officer, and the inmate were transported to Kingston Hospital where Officer Pomales was pronounced dead.

Officer Pomales had served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services for over 22 years and was assigned to the Eastern Correctional Facility.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and several grown children.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

22 years. You could have gone home.
Corrections Officer Pomales gave the New York State Department of Correctional Services 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Pomales.

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

Agency

Location Albany, NY
Platform Identity nysdcscorr.albany.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 28, 2011
Tour of Duty 22 yrs 6 mo
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Corrections Officer Casimiro Maximino Pomales 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 Department of Correctional Services, 4 of 36 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

New York State Department of Correctional Services
4
of 36 officers
11.1% 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. Casimiro Maximino Pomales'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 Casimiro Maximino Pomales Compares

Age at End of Watch
52
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
22.5
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Casimiro Maximino Pomales is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location