Rebecca Ann Shaw
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Deputy Sheriff

Rebecca Ann Shaw

Accident
End of Watch February 13, 1998
Age 49
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
The Vigil Panel 144 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Rebecca Shaw was killed when her patrol car was struck by a Union Pacific Railroad freight train at the Becker Road crossing just south of U.S. 290 while she was on routine patrol. She was crossing a set of railroad tracks that had no barricades when her patrol car was struck and dragged more than 25 yards. She was airlifted to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. Deputy Shaw had served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for 14 years. She is survived by her husband, four children, and four grandchildren. Her husband also served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

She is survived by her husband, four children, and four grandchildren.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Shaw gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Shaw.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 13, 1998
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 49
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Rebecca 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 1998, 84 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 21st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Rebecca 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. Rebecca had served 14 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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Her people

Harris County Sheriff's Office has 56 officers remembered here, Rebecca among them.

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Where

Deputy Sheriff Rebecca Ann Shaw

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch February 13, 1998

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 41-W

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