Joseph Lacoste
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Patrolman

Joseph Lacoste

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Felonious
End of Watch November 1, 1911
Age 39
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Badge 308
The Vigil Panel 26 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Mounted Patrolman Joseph Lacoste was shot and killed in the Algiers Ferry House. A man had boarded the ferry at Canal Street with a shotgun and pistol and began threatening other passengers as it began to cross the Mississippi River. The ferry captain blew a distress whistle, alerting officers to meet the ferry when it docked at the Algiers dock. As the ferry docked the man jumped from the boat and ran into the ferry house with Patrolman Lacoste and other officers in pursuit. The man opened fire, killing Officer Lacoste and seriously wounding a second officer. In the midst of the chaos, other officers arrived and shot and killed the suspect. Patrolman Lacoste had served with the New Orleans Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, seven children, mother, and five siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Lacoste gave the New Orleans Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Lacoste.

— 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 November 1, 1911
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 308
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph 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 1911, 149 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 27th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 39. 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. Joseph had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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, Joseph among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Joseph Lacoste

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch November 1, 1911

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-W

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