Patrick O. Briggs
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Police Officer

Patrick O. Briggs

Phoenix Police Department — Phoenix, AZ
Accident
End of Watch June 20, 1990
Age 27
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Badge 4317
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Briggs, a motorcycle officer, was killed while in pursuit of a speeding motorist. Officer Briggs swerved to avoid a motorist and struck a concrete median and tree. He had recently been chosen to be a Recruit Training Officer for the Phoenix Police Training Academy. The spot where Officer Briggs was killed is the exact same spot where Officer Wayne Scott was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 10, 2002, under identical circumstances.

Survivors

Officer Briggs had been with the agency for seven years and is survived by his parents and two siblings.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Briggs gave the Phoenix Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Briggs.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Platform Identity phoepd.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 20, 1990
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 27
Badge Number 4317
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Not available

The Sacrifice · Accident

Patrick 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 1990, 66 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 64th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Patrick was 27. 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. Patrick had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause. The weapon recorded was not available, in 1.6% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Phoenix Police Department has 47 officers remembered here, Patrick among them.

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Where

Police Officer Patrick O. Briggs

Phoenix Police Department · End of Watch June 20, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-W

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