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Sergeant

Roger L. Beekman

Union County Sheriff's Office — Marysville, OH

Accident

End of Watch September 20, 1979

Age 29

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 808

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 2

Incident

Sergeant Roger Beekman succumbed to injuries sustained in an on-duty automobile crash the previous day. He was responding to a burglar alarm when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer at the intersection of S.R. 42 and Industrial Parkway. Sergeant Beekman had served with the Union County Sheriff's Office for 3 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Beekman gave the Union County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Marysville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Beekman.

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

Agency

Department Union County Sheriff's Office

Location Marysville, OH

Platform Identity ucso.union.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 20, 1979

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 808

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Roger L. Beekman 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Union County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Union County Sheriff's Office

of 3 officers

66.7% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Roger L. Beekman's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Roger L. Beekman Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Roger L. Beekman is highlighted in Sep.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

Incident Location

Others Who Wore This Badge

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