Policeman

Secundino Morales-Maldonado

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Accident
End of Watch August 16, 1979
Age 25
Tour of Duty 4 yrs 9 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Morales-Maldonado was accidentally shot and killed by another officer during a robbery call.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Morales-Maldonado gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Morales-Maldonado.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 16, 1979
Tour of Duty 4 yrs 9 mo
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Secundino 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 1979, 70 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 48th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Secundino was 25. 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. Secundino had served 4.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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Age by years of service
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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Secundino among them.

Across the years

Policeman Secundino Morales-Maldonado

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch August 16, 1979

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-E

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