Officer

Napolean B. Harvey

Jacksonville Police Department — Jacksonville, FL
Accident
End of Watch October 2, 1956
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Harvey was killed in an automobile accident in the line of duty.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Harvey served with the Jacksonville Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Jacksonville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Harvey.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Jacksonville, Duval County, FL
Platform Identity jpd.duval.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 2, 1956
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Napolean is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 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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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. 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

Jacksonville Police Department has 33 officers remembered here, Napolean among them.

Officer Napolean B. Harvey

Jacksonville Police Department · End of Watch October 2, 1956

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E

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