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Patrolman

Clarence Cerill Chance

Cuyahoga Falls Police Department — Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 30, 1947

Age 37

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Patrolman Clarence Chance was pursuing a speeding motorist on his motorcycle when he was struck by cross traffic at the intersection of Oakwood Drive and Front Street. Patrolman Chance was a United States Navy World War II veteran who served with the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, three brothers, and a sister.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
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 Chance gave the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cuyahoga Falls community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Cuyahoga Falls Police Department

Location Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Platform Identity cfpd.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 30, 1947

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Clarence Cerill Chance served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Clarence Cerill Chance 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%.

Cuyahoga Falls 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. Clarence Cerill Chance'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 Clarence Cerill Chance Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service