Harold Jerome Carey
Police Officer

Harold Jerome Carey

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Accident
End of Watch October 30, 1998
Age 28
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Harold Carey was killed when the police van he was riding in collided with a police cruiser at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and 20th Street as both vehicles were responding to an officer needs assistance call. The crash occurred as both vehicles entered an intersection at a high rate of speed. The impact knocked the police van onto its side and onto another vehicle. It took rescue workers over one hour to free Officer Carey and the driver of the van. Both other officers were injured and were flown to a local hospital. Officer Carey had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for six years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Carey gave the Baltimore City Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Carey.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 30, 1998
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Harold is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% 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 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

Harold was 28. 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. Harold had served 6 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 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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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
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His people

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Harold among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Harold Jerome Carey

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch October 30, 1998

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-E

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