Emil A. Newberg

Pawtucket Police Dept. — Pawtucket, RI

Felonious

End of Watch June 30, 1958

Age 56

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Patrolman Emil Newberg and Detective Lieutenant Thomas Truesdale were both shot and killed as they tried to disarm a suicidal man who had barricaded himself in a bathroom with a pistol. The suspect, 35, walked away from a veterans mental hospital in Brockton, Mass., on October 21, 1957. He was committed to a Providence mental hospital, where he died in 1983. Patrolman Newberg had served with the Pawtuckett Police Department for 30 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and six children.

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Tributes

30 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Newberg gave the Pawtucket Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Pawtucket community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Newberg.

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

Agency

Department Pawtucket Police Dept.

Location Pawtucket, RI

Platform Identity pawtpd.providence.ri.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 30, 1958

Tour of Duty 30 yrs

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Offender Committed

Patrolman Emil A. Newberg is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In RI, 25 of 55 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 45.5% of this state's fallen. That is 8.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Pawtucket Police Dept., 4 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Pawtucket Police Dept.

of 7 officers

57.1% Felonious

RI — Statewide

of 55 officers

45.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious