Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Andrew Grennan drowned while on a guard post on Pier 4 in Wallabout Basin. He was protecting a load of 200 half-barrels of beer that had been seized in a raid several days earlier. He was walking around the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad float that was tied up to the pier when he stumbled, struck his head, and fell into the water. Patrolman Grennan was a United States Army veteran and was assigned to the 46th Precinct.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Grennan served with the New York City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New York community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Andrew Grennan served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Patrolman Andrew Grennan is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 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. Andrew Grennan's cause is highlighted.
How Andrew Grennan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Andrew Grennan is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Military Service
Andrew Grennan served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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