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Harold L. Woods
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Police Officer

Harold L. Woods

Yonkers Police Department — Yonkers, NY
Felonious
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End of Watch September 22, 1974
Age 34
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Badge 105
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 19

Incident

Police Officer Harold Woods was shot and killed after walking in on a robbery in progress at an A&P supermarket at Odell and Nepperhan avenues. When Officer Woods identified himself as a Police Officer, he was shot. Officer Woods was in very critical condition and was placed on a respirator at the hospital. Despite the doctors’ best efforts to save Officer Woods, he died from his wounds four days later. The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life on December 16, 1975. He died in prison on March 20, 1988. Officer Woods had been with the Yonkers Police Department for 10 years and had also served with the New York City Police Department for one year. Officer Woods was survived by his wife and three sons. In 2022, the Nepperhan-Odell Avenues intersection was named Yonkers Police Officer Harold Woods Way.

Survivors

Officer Woods was survived by his wife and three sons.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Woods gave the Yonkers Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yonkers community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Woods.

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

Agency

Department Yonkers Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Yonkers, Westchester County, NY
Platform Identity ypd.westchester.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 22, 1974
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 34
Badge Number 105
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harold is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1974, 162 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 22nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harold was 34. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Harold had served 10 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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Yonkers Police Department has 20 officers remembered here, Harold among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Harold L. Woods

Yonkers Police Department · End of Watch September 22, 1974

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-E

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