Kathleen M. Reilly
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Detective

Kathleen M. Reilly

Accident
End of Watch December 25, 1967
Age 28
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Badge 265
Gender Female

Incident

Detective Kathleen Reilly was struck by a vehicle and killed while assisting a disabled motorist on the Meadowbrook Parkway.

She was the first female officer ever appointed to the department and also the first female detective. Detective Reilly had been employed with the Nassau County Police Department for one year.

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You barely got started.
Detective Reilly gave the Nassau County Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Mineola community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Reilly.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Mineola, Nassau County, NY
Platform Identity ncpd.nassau.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 25, 1967
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 28
Badge Number 265
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kathleen 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 1967, 73 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 38th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kathleen was 28. 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. Kathleen had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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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Her people

Nassau County Police Department has 51 officers remembered here, Kathleen among them.

Across the years

Detective Kathleen M. Reilly

Nassau County Police Department · End of Watch December 25, 1967

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 57-W

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