Harry MacLane Crawford

Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department — Bethlehem, PA

Cardiac

End of Watch March 19, 1965

Age 71

Tour of Duty 36 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Patrolman Harry Crawford suffered a fatal heart attack after arguing with two men who were stealing scrap metal from Pier I in Jersey City, New Jersey.

A massive fire destroyed most of the buildings on the pier on February 25th, 1965, causing over one-million dollars in damage. Patrolman Crawford was patrolling the area when he caught two junk dealers loading their truck with metal pipes from the damaged buildings.

Patrolman Crawford collapsed during the argument and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both men were charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing on city property.

Patrolman Crawford had served with the Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department for 36 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, and six grandchildren.

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Tributes

36 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Crawford gave the Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department 36 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Bethlehem community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Crawford.

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

Agency

Department Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department

Location Bethlehem, PA

Platform Identity lvrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 19, 1965

Tour of Duty 36 yrs

Age 71

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Patrolman Harry MacLane Crawford is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

PA — Statewide

118

of 1,261 officers

9.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac