Stanley P. Przygocki
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Lieutenant

Stanley P. Przygocki

Jersey City Police Department — Jersey City, NJ
Felonious
End of Watch October 29, 1967
Age 52
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Stanley Przygocki succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day when he was shot while interrupting a robbery at a tavern at 185 Coles Street. He was a patron in the bar when two armed men entered and announced a robbery. Lieutenant Przygocki identified himself and drew his service revolver. One of the men opened fire with a revolver, striking Lieutenant Przygocki three times. Despite being wounded, he fatally shot the subject and then chased the second man approximately 25 yards before collapsing. Lieutenant Przygocki had served with the Jersey City Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and eight children.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Przygocki gave the Jersey City Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Jersey City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Przygocki.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Platform Identity jpd.hudson.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 29, 1967
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Stanley is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1967, 105 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 48th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Stanley was 52. 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. Stanley had served 20 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

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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

Jersey City Police Department has 41 officers remembered here, Stanley among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Stanley P. Przygocki

Jersey City Police Department · End of Watch October 29, 1967

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-E

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