Winnie Austin Hansen
Deputy Sheriff

Winnie Austin Hansen

Accident
End of Watch December 26, 1950
Age 56
The Vigil Panel 87 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Hansen was struck and killed by a vehicle while checking on a disabled vehicle. He was standing at the front of the disabled vehicle when another vehicle entered the area and struck the vehicle and Deputy Hansen. The driver was apprehended and convicted of vehicular manslaughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Hansen served with the Clark County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Las Vegas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Hansen.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Las Vegas, Clark County, NV
Platform Identity ccso.clark.nv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 26, 1950
Age 56
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Winnie 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 1950, 58 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 77th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Winnie was 56. 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

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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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

Clark County Sheriff's Department has 4 officers remembered here, Winnie among them.

Deputy Sheriff Winnie Austin Hansen

Clark County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch December 26, 1950

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 21-E

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