Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen
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Police Officer

Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen

Santa Ana Police Department — Santa Ana, CA
Accident
End of Watch March 3, 1931
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Jensen succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident three days earlier while attempting to stop a speeding vehicle.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Santa Ana, Orange County, CA
Platform Identity sapd.orange.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 3, 1931
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Not available

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edwin 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 1931, 100 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 6th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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When

March holds 7.4% 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. The weapon recorded was not available, in 1.6% of these deaths.

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His people

Santa Ana Police Department has 4 officers remembered here, Edwin among them.

Police Officer Edwin Rassmus Peter Jensen

Santa Ana Police Department · End of Watch March 3, 1931

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-E

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