Alexander N. Benedict

Nassau County Police Department — Mineola, NY

Accident Veteran

End of Watch February 3, 1939

Age 53

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 233

The Vigil Panel 75 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 50

Incident

Patrolman Alexander Benedict was accidentally shot and killed while investigating a burglary on Jericho Pike in New Hyde Park. With his gun drawn, he slipped on some ice, causing his weapon to discharge and striking him in the head.

Patrolman Benedict was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Nassau County Police Department for ten years.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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 Benedict gave the Nassau County Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Nassau County Police Department

Location Mineola, NY

Platform Identity ncpd.nassau.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 3, 1939

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 53

Badge Number 233

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Weapon to discharge and striking him in the head.

Military Service

Alexander N. Benedict served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Alexander N. Benedict 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 Nassau County Police Department, 21 of 51 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.2% of this agency's fallen.

Nassau County Police Department

of 51 officers

41.2% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident