Police Officer

Jesus Martinez-Gabino

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Accident
End of Watch December 27, 1960
Age 58
Tour of Duty 33 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Jesus Martinez-Gabino succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained three days earlier when he was accidentally shot by another officer inside the police station in Hormigueros.

Officer Martinez-Gabino had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 33 years.

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33 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Martinez-Gabino gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 33 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Martinez-Gabino.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 27, 1960
Tour of Duty 33 yrs
Age 58
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Jesus 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 1960, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jesus was 58. 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. Jesus had served 33 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

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Jesus among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Jesus Martinez-Gabino

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch December 27, 1960

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 9-E

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