Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Charles Singer was struck and killed by a truck while directing traffic.
Patrolman Singer was assigned to a traffic post on Forty-fifth Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. He stopped north and south traffic in the intersection. He then observed a truck that has stopped partially in the intersection that was interfering with cross-town traffic. Patrolman Singer approached the vehicle and directed the driver to clear the truck from the intersection. As he walked back to his traffic post, the truck jerked forward and struck Patrolman Singer. He was seriously injured and died a few hours later at Polyclinic Hospital.
Patrolman Singer was assigned to Traffic Precinct B. His wife survived him.
Patrolman Singer was assigned to a traffic post on Forty-fifth Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. He stopped north and south traffic in the intersection. He then observed a truck that has stopped partially in the intersection that was interfering with cross-town traffic. Patrolman Singer approached the vehicle and directed the driver to clear the truck from the intersection. As he walked back to his traffic post, the truck jerked forward and struck Patrolman Singer. He was seriously injured and died a few hours later at Polyclinic Hospital.
Rest in peace and Olav Hashalom Patrolman Singer.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis October 27th, 2019
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Singer served with the New York City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Singer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Charles J. Singer 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.
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