Luis A. Ortiz-Perez
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Police Officer

Luis A. Ortiz-Perez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Accident
End of Watch December 21, 1994
Age 28
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Luis Ortiz-Perez was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by an automobile while he was on patrol. The driver who struck him had lost control of the vehicle while traveling at a high rate of speed.

Officer Ortiz-Perez had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for only one year.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Police Officer Ortiz-Perez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Ortiz-Perez.

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

Agency

Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 21, 1994
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Luis A. Ortiz-Perez 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 127, 85 of 388 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.9% of this state's fallen. That is 9.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Puerto Rico Police Department, 77 of 364 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.2% of this agency's fallen.

Puerto Rico Police Department
77
of 364 officers
21.2% Accident
127 — Statewide
85
of 388 officers
21.9% 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. Luis A. Ortiz-Perez'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 Luis A. Ortiz-Perez Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Luis A. Ortiz-Perez is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897