Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer M. Roy Hamlin was killed in a motorcycle accident. On May 23, 1925, Officer Hamlin was traveling westbound on Market Street when he observed a motorist traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed. Officer Hamlin proceeded after the vehicle and in the 1700 block of Market Street he hit the trolley tracks which caused him to wreck his motorcycle. Officer Hamlin succumbed to his injuries at the Harrisburg Hospital. It was later learned that the speeding motorist was transporting another individual to the Harrisburg Hospital.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Hamlin served with the Camp Hill Borough Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Camp Hill community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Hamlin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrol Officer M. Roy Hamlin 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. M. Roy Hamlin's cause is highlighted.
How M. Roy Hamlin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. M. Roy Hamlin is highlighted in May.