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Corrections Officer

George Paszkowski

New Jersey Department of Corrections — Trenton, NJ

Felonious

End of Watch August 8, 1969

Age 26

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Gender Male

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Incident

Corrections Officer George Paszkowski was shot and killed as he and two other officers attempted to apprehend bank robbers in Bayway. The officers were transporting two prisoners from Yardville State Reformatory to the Union County Courthouse when they observed five masked men exiting a bank at 920 South Elmora Avenue in Bayway. When Officer Paszkowski, along with the other officers, attempted to apprehend the suspects, he was fatally shot. Two suspects 41 and 27 were apprehended the same day. Another two 47 and 25 were apprehended a week later by FBI agents in Miami, Florida. The fifth suspect was never apprehended. All four were convicted of murder and sentenced to life. During the first week in January of 1976 the torso of a man was found in a vacant lot in Elizabeth. His head and arms were found the next day in a suitcase in New York City. An investigation led to the arrest of a New Jersey Penitentiary inmate who was released on a three pass the same week the victim was discovered. The 41-year-old convicted of Officer Paszkowski's murder had paid the inmate to kill the man at his home in Elizabeth because he was bothering his girlfriend. Officer Paszkowski's murderer, charged with conspiracy to commit murder, was denied parole in 1997. Officer Paszkowski was survived by his wife and 3-year-old son. A reserve officer for the Elizabeth Police Department who bought a winning lottery ticket while waiting to donate blood to Officer Paszkowski before he passed away gave a large portion of the $100,000 winnings to Officer Paszkowski's widow.

Survivors

Officer Paszkowski was survived by his wife and 3-year-old son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corrections Officer Paszkowski served with the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Officer Paszkowski.

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

Agency

Department New Jersey Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Trenton, NJ

Platform Identity njdcorr.mercer.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 8, 1969

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

George 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 1969, 124 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 40th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

George was 26. 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.

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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

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