Edward A. Frey
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Edward A. Frey

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch July 2, 1956
Age 38
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Frey succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident ten days earlier. He was attempting to catch a traffic violator when a car slowed in front of him to make a left hand turn. Officer Frey was unable to stop and struck the rear of the car.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Frey served with the California Highway Patrol.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Frey.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1956
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edward 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 1956, 60 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 73rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 38. 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.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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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His people

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

Across the years

Officer Edward A. Frey

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch July 2, 1956

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-E

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