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Eric Charles Fontes
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Officer

Eric Charles Fontes

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Felonious
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End of Watch September 13, 2011
Age 45
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 51

Incident

Officer Eric Fontes was struck and killed by an automobile while conducting a traffic stop with other officers on Farrington Highway at about 10:30 p.m.

The stopped vehicle was located along the median in the left-hand lane. Another car entered the scene and struck one of the patrol cars, Officer Fontes, and a second officer.

Officer Fontes succumbed to injuries while being transported to a local hospital. The other injured officer was transported in critical condition.

The 21-year-old driver who struck Officer Fontes was arrested and charged. Police said he fell asleep behind the wheel of his pickup truck. Speed was a factor but no alcohol. He was sentenced to one year in jail, the maximum term for third-degree negligent homicide.

Officer Fontes had served with the Honolulu Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Fontes gave the Honolulu Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Fontes.

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

Agency

Department Honolulu Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 13, 2011
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Vehicular assault
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Eric is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 2011, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Eric was 45. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Eric had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Eric among them.

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Where

Officer Eric Charles Fontes

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch September 13, 2011

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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