Sergeant

Moises Ortiz-Torres

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch March 11, 1986
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Ortiz-Torres was shot and killed by several robbery suspects.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Ortiz-Torres served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Ortiz-Torres.

— 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 March 11, 1986
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Moises is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1986, 98 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 54th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Sergeant Moises Ortiz-Torres

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch March 11, 1986

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-E

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