Joseph Pozell
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Reserve Sergeant

Joseph Pozell

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC
Accident
End of Watch May 17, 2005
Age 59
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Reserve Sergeant Joseph Pozell succumbed to severe injuries sustained three days earlier while directing traffic at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, NW, in Georgetown.

He was struck by a vehicle at approximately 3:30 p.m. when he stepped back into the path of the driver of a small SUV that was making a turn. He was transported to George Washington University Hospital where he died.

Reserve Sergeant Pozell had served in the Metropolitan Police Department for 3 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Sergeant Pozell gave the Metropolitan Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Sergeant Pozell.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 17, 2005
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Struck by vehicle

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph 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 2005, 71 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 44th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Joseph was 59. 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. Joseph had served 3 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

May holds 8.6% 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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Across the years
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Where

Reserve Sergeant Joseph Pozell

Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch May 17, 2005

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-E

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