Fermin Sonny Archer, Jr.

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Accident

End of Watch July 13, 2011

Age 48

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1,236

Incident

Detective Fermin "Sonny" Archer died from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident while on duty.

Detective Archer went home after the accident. He began to feel ill while at home and went to North Shore Hospital for an exam. There it was discovered that he suffered a torn aorta and he was admitted to the hospital, where he remained until passing away on July 14th.

Detective Archer had served with the New York City Police Department for 26 years, initially working as a member of the New York City Transit Authority Police Department before it merged with NYPD in 1994. He was assigned to the Warrant Division where he worked with the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.

Detective Archer is survived by his wife, four children, and parents.

Survivors

Detective Archer is survived by his wife, four children, and parents.

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Archer gave the New York City Police Department 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Archer.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 2011

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Detective Fermin Sonny Archer, Jr. 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 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.

New York City Police Department

283

of 1,237 officers

22.9% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident