R. P. Hollowell
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Officer

R. P. Hollowell

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Accident
End of Watch December 26, 1914
Age 41
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Hollowell succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident 10 months earlier. He was responding to a call when his motorcycle struck a dog at Throckmorton Street and Third Street. He was transported to a local hospital and drifted in and out of a comatose state for the next 10 months.

Officer Hollowell had previously served 10 years with the Waco Police Department. During that time, he had been shot or stabbed a total of 10 times while on duty. The injury sustained in the motorcycle accident, combined with a lung wound sustained in one of the previous stabbings, caused his death.

Officer Hollowell had been with the Fort Worth Police Department for 2 years, and had been in law enforcement for 12 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hollowell gave the Fort Worth Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hollowell.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 26, 1914
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Motorcycle crash

The Sacrifice · Accident

R. 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 1914, 34 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 114th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

R. was 41. 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. R. had served 12 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 8.9% 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

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, R. among them.

Across the years

Officer R. P. Hollowell

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch December 26, 1914

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-E

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