Patrolman

Charles J. Singer

Accident
End of Watch October 27, 1925
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Charles Singer was struck and killed by a truck while directing traffic.

Patrolman Singer was assigned to a traffic post on Forty-fifth Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. He stopped north and south traffic in the intersection. He then observed a truck that has stopped partially in the intersection that was interfering with cross-town traffic. Patrolman Singer approached the vehicle and directed the driver to clear the truck from the intersection. As he walked back to his traffic post, the truck jerked forward and struck Patrolman Singer. He was seriously injured and died a few hours later at Polyclinic Hospital.

Patrolman Singer was assigned to Traffic Precinct B. His wife survived him.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Singer served with the New York City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Singer.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 27, 1925
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Charles 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 1925, 88 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 16th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Charles J. Singer

New York City Police Department · End of Watch October 27, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-W

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