John W. Staas served in the U.S. Navy.
Trooper John Staas was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol in Mullica Township. Trooper Staas was traveling west on the White Horse Pike in heavy fog and struck the left rear of a truck going the same direction. His police car careened off the road and into a tree and was pronounced dead at the scene. The dense fog was a traffic hazard for most of South Jersey. Trooper Staas was a United States Navy veteran of World War II and had served with the New Jersey State Police for almost seven years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Trooper Staas gave the New Jersey State Police 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of New Jersey, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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