Alfred Victor Bonnet
Police Officer

Alfred Victor Bonnet

San Antonio Police Dept. — San Antonio, TX
Accident
End of Watch February 26, 1913
Age 29
Tour of Duty 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Aflred Bonnet succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day when his police motorcycle struck the back of a delivery wagon on Commerce Street.

Officer Bonnet was driving on Commerce Street when the wagon turned onto the street from Chestnut Street. Officer Bonnet was thrown from his motorcycle and suffered a fracture skull as a result of the collision.

Officer Bonnet had served with the San Antonio Police Department for six months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, and six siblings.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bonnet served with the San Antonio Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bonnet.

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

Agency

Location San Antonio, TX
Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 26, 1913
Tour of Duty 6 mo
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Motorcycle crash

Police Officer Alfred Victor Bonnet 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At San Antonio Police Dept., 22 of 64 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.4% of this agency's fallen.

San Antonio Police Dept.
22
of 64 officers
34.4% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% 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. Alfred Victor Bonnet'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 Alfred Victor Bonnet Compares

Age at End of Watch
29
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
0.5
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alfred Victor Bonnet is highlighted in Feb.

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