Teresa Jean Hawkins
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Officer

Teresa Jean Hawkins

Indianapolis Police Department — Indianapolis, IN
Felonious
End of Watch August 17, 1993
Age 28
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Badge 2419
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Gender Female

Incident

Officer Teresa Hawkins was killed in a vehicle crash at East 36th Street and Emerson Avenue while she was responding to a domestic disturbance. Officer Hawkins' squad car was struck on the driver's side door by an intoxicated driver who ran a stop sign, pushing her squad car into a utility pole. The man fled the scene on foot but was later apprehended. The suspect pleaded guilty to felony charges of reckless homicide, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, causing death, and driving with a blood-alcohol content over the legal limit, 0.19, causing death. The 21-year-old offender was sentenced to eight years in prison. Officer Hawkins had served with the Indianapolis Police Department for five years and was assigned to the East District.

Survivors

She was survived by her four brothers, four sisters, and parents.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
Platform Identity ipd.marion.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1993
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 28
Badge Number 2419
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Automobile

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Teresa is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1993, 101 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 51st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Teresa was 28. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Teresa had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

Indianapolis Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Teresa among them.

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Where

Officer Teresa Jean Hawkins

Indianapolis Police Department · End of Watch August 17, 1993

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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