James Hutchens

Suffolk County Police Department — Yaphank, NY

Accident

End of Watch July 2, 1992

Age 48

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Sergeant Hutchens died when he was overtaken by carbon monoxide fumes from a cruiser left running in a police radio shop.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Hutchens served with the Suffolk County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Yaphank community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Hutchens.

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

Agency

Department Suffolk County Police Department

Location Yaphank, NY

Platform Identity scpd.suffolk.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1992

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant James Hutchens 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 Suffolk County Police Department, 10 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37% of this agency's fallen.

Suffolk County Police Department

of 27 officers

37% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident