Captain

James Louis Daniels

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Accident
End of Watch April 16, 1933
Age 46
The Vigil Panel 66 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Captain James Daniels was killed in an automobile crash at the intersection of Louisiana Avenue Parkway and South Claiborne Avenue while responding to a robbery in progress call.

Survivors

Captain Daniels was survived by his wife and three children.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 16, 1933
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

James 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 1933, 77 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 31st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 46. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

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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

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, James among them.

Across the years
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Where

Captain James Louis Daniels

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch April 16, 1933

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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