Pauline Ann Hunchar-Harness
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Police Officer

Pauline Ann Hunchar-Harness

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Accident
End of Watch June 19, 1996
Age 49
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 4139
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Gender Female

Incident

Police Officer Pauline Hunchar-Harness died after falling from a metal staircase while on patrol at the Philadelphia International Airport. She was investigating a suspicious noise in a building and fell as she descended the staircase. She suffered a fractured skull as a result of the fall. Officer Hunchar-Harness had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

She is survived by her husband and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Hunchar-Harness gave the Philadelphia Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hunchar-Harness.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 19, 1996
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 49
Badge Number 4139
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Pauline is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 1996, 49 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 98th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Pauline was 49. 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. Pauline had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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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Her people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Pauline among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Pauline Ann Hunchar-Harness

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch June 19, 1996

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 1-E

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