Kenneth Michael Hansen
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Police Officer

Kenneth Michael Hansen

Accident
End of Watch June 11, 1991
Age 26
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Kenneth Hansen drowned while posing as a victim during a water rescue training session. He was reported missing, and his body was recovered from New York Harbor in Lower Manhattan the next day. Officer Hansen had served with the New York City Police Department for five years. He is survived by his father, mother, fiancée, sister, and two brothers. His father and two brothers were also police officers.

Survivors

He is survived by his father, mother, fiancée, sister, and two brothers.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Hansen gave the New York City Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hansen.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 11, 1991
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kenneth 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 1991, 52 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 90th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kenneth was 26. 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. Kenneth had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Kenneth among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Kenneth Michael Hansen

New York City Police Department · End of Watch June 11, 1991

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 60-W

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