Joseph English Daniels
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Policeman

Joseph English Daniels

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch September 24, 1941
Age 39
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Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Joseph Daniels was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop at the intersection of 52nd Street and Main Street. As he showed the driver of the vehicle the defective lights another car struck them both. Policeman Daniels was thrown 15 feet and suffered fatal injuries as a result. The driver who struck them was charged criminally as a result of the crash.

Survivors

Policeman Daniels was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Daniels served with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Daniels.

— 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 September 24, 1941
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph 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 1941, 68 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 54th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 39. 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.

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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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How

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

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His people

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

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Where

Policeman Joseph English Daniels

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch September 24, 1941

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 23-W

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