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Patrolman

Emery Conald Farmer

Fairfield Township Police Department — Hamilton, OH

Accident

End of Watch November 8, 1922

Age 24

Tour of Duty 8 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Patrolman Emery Farmer was killed in a motorcycle crash while on patrol on Dixie Highway in Fairfield. His body was found by a passerby near his wrecked motorcycle. He was taken to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. It is theorized that Patrolman Farmer was run off the road by bootleggers, as it was discovered that his motorcycle was going over 75 miles per hour and his pistol was missing. Patrolman Farmer had served with the Fairfield Township Police Department for only eight months. He was survived by his wife and three children. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton Butler County, Ohio.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Farmer served with the Fairfield Township Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Hamilton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Farmer.

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

Agency

Department Fairfield Township Police Department

Location Hamilton, OH

Platform Identity ftpd.butler.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 8, 1922

Tour of Duty 8 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Emery Conald Farmer 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%.

Fairfield Township Police Department

of 1 officers

100% 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. Emery Conald Farmer'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 Emery Conald Farmer Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

0.7