Baldino Morales-Sánchez
Officer

Baldino Morales-Sánchez

Accident
End of Watch January 25, 2025
Age 62
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Baldino Morales-Sánchez was killed in a motorcycle crash on PR-406 in Añasco, Puerto Rico, shortly before 2:00 am.

He was completing his shift at a municipal festival when he was involved in a single-vehicle crash.

Officer Morales-Sánchez had served with the Mayagüez Municipal Police Department for 20 years and had previously served with the Añasco Municipal Police Department.

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

28 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Morales-Sánchez gave the Mayagüez Municipal Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Mayagüez community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Morales-Sánchez.

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

Agency

Location Mayagüez, 097
Platform Identity mayapd.mayagez.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 25, 2025
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
Age 62
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Baldino Morales-Sánchez 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 097, 1 of 1 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this state's fallen. That is 69 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Mayagüez Municipal Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
097 — Statewide
1
of 1 officers
100% 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. Baldino Morales-Sánchez'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 Baldino Morales-Sánchez Compares

Age at End of Watch
62
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Baldino Morales-Sánchez is highlighted in Jan.

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

Incident Location