Raymond Leslie Carey

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch July 13, 1931

Age 36

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Badge 1670

The Vigil Panel 62 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 377

Incident

Police Officer Carey was killed in a traffic accident at 52nd Street and Lancaster Avenue. He was giving directions to a truck driver when a speeding car rammed the truck, pinning the policeman between the truck and a trolley car. The car driver was held for the grand jury. Police Officer Carey was a United States Army veteran of World War I and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for nine years.

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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.
Police Officer Carey gave the Philadelphia Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Police Department

Location Philadelphia, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 1931

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 36

Badge Number 1670

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Raymond Leslie Carey served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Raymond Leslie Carey 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

110

of 378 officers

29.1% Accident

PA — Statewide

417

of 1,261 officers

33.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident