Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Norman Stinger succumbed to injuries sustained when he was struck by a truck on Ridge Avenue near Broad Street while investigating a burglar alarm at a heating and roofing plant. The alarm turned out to have been caused by a short circuit. Officer Stinger was transported to Hahnemann Hospital, where he died 11 days later. Officer Stinger had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 41 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and son.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
41 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Stinger gave the Philadelphia Police Department 41 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Stinger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Norman W. Stinger 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Norman W. Stinger's cause is highlighted.
How Norman W. Stinger Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Norman W. Stinger is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
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