Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Jeremiah Buckley succumbed to an injury sustained 25 days earlier when he fell on the sidewalk and broke his hip while on patrol.
Patrolman Buckley had served with the agency for 24 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
24 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Buckley gave the Baraboo Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Baraboo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Buckley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Jeremiah E. Buckley 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 WI, 124 of 317 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeremiah E. Buckley's cause is highlighted.
How Jeremiah E. Buckley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jeremiah E. Buckley is highlighted in Jan.