Candelario Torres-Vazquez
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Policeman

Candelario Torres-Vazquez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Accident
End of Watch April 24, 1965
Age 58
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Badge 106
Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Candelario Torres-Vazquez was killed in an automobile accident while on duty.

Survivors

Policeman Torres-Vazquez was survived by his wife and three children.

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29 years. You could have gone home.
Policeman Torres-Vazquez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Torres-Vazquez.

— 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 April 24, 1965
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Age 58
Badge Number 106
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Candelario 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 1965, 56 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 83rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Candelario was 58. 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. Candelario had served 29 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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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, Candelario among them.

Across the years

Policeman Candelario Torres-Vazquez

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch April 24, 1965

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 9-W

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