Patrolman

Jerome de Lorenzo

Accident
End of Watch September 18, 1927
Age 26
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 6850
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Jerome de Lorenzo succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained seven days earlier in the Clinton Street Station dormitory. Another patrolman's revolver was knocked off of a bed and when the patrolman tried to grab the revolver it discharged. Patrolman de Lorenzo was struck in the stomach. He was transported to Gouverneur Hospital where he remained until he died seven days later. Patrolman de Lorenzo was assigned to the 4th Precinct and had served with the New York City Police Department for just over one year.

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You barely got started.
Patrolman de Lorenzo gave the New York City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman de Lorenzo.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 18, 1927
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 26
Badge Number 6850
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Jerome is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1927, 114 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jerome was 26. 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. Jerome had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. 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 York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Jerome among them.

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Where

Patrolman Jerome de Lorenzo

New York City Police Department · End of Watch September 18, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 17-E

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