Derrick Christopher Connor
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Police Officer

Derrick Christopher Connor

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch December 12, 1988
Age 28
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Badge 25472
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Derrick Connor, Officer Manuel Gutierrez, and Officer David Hofmeyer were killed in an automobile accident while responding to backup detectives making an auto-theft arrest in downtown Los Angeles. The two patrol cars the officers were riding in collided at an intersection. A fourth officer in Officer Hofmeyer's patrol car suffered a broken neck but survived. Officer Connor had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 18 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, son, brother and three sisters.

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You barely got started.
Police Officer Connor gave the Los Angeles Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Connor.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 12, 1988
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo
Age 28
Badge Number 25472
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Derrick is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1988, 80 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 27th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Derrick was 28. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Derrick had served 1.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Derrick among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Derrick Christopher Connor

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch December 12, 1988

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 61-E

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