Nicholas G. Jacob
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Detective

Nicholas G. Jacob

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Felonious
End of Watch September 6, 1948
Age 35
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Badge 1015
The Vigil Panel 84 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Nick Jacob was shot and killed as he and his partner transported a prisoner back to New Orleans from Gulfport, Mississippi. The suspect had been arrested in Gulfport for another crime. An accomplice in Louisiana filed a false report, which would require the New Orleans police to extradite the suspect back to Louisiana. The accomplice went with the officers to pick up the suspect. When the suspect was released from Gulfport custody, an empty .45 caliber handgun was returned to him by the Gulfport police. The suspect and the accomplice rode in the back seat of the police car, and during the ride, the suspect handed the gun to the accomplice, who loaded it and then shot Detective Jacob in the back of the head as they reached the outskirts of New Orleans on Highway 90. When they dumped his body on a side road, the other detective made an escape as the suspects shot at him. Both suspects were captured the next day in Galvez, Louisiana. The suspect who killed Detective Jacob was convicted of first-degree murder and executed in the electric chair on January 26, 1951. Detective Jacobs had served with the New Orleans Police Department for at least three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Jacob gave the New Orleans Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Jacob.

— 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 September 6, 1948
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 35
Badge Number 1015
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Nicholas is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1948, 80 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 84th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Nicholas was 35. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Nicholas had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

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Where

Detective Nicholas G. Jacob

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch September 6, 1948

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 37-W

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