Richard Maurice Blackwell
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Deputy Sheriff

Richard Maurice Blackwell

Accident
End of Watch September 6, 1989
Age 25
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Richard Blackwell was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting a funeral procession. He was traveling on Ella Boulevard when he collided with a vehicle at West 27th Street. Deputy Blackwell had served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, and parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Blackwell gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Blackwell.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hcso.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 6, 1989
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Richard is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1989, 84 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 21st heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Richard was 25. 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. Richard 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

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. 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.

Every cause
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His people

Harris County Sheriff's Office has 56 officers remembered here, Richard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff Richard Maurice Blackwell

Harris County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch September 6, 1989

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 32-W

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