Clinton Burtner
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Clinton Burtner

Riverside Police Department — Riverside, CA
Accident
End of Watch December 4, 1938
Age 42
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Clinton Burtner succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident one week earlier. A car failed to yield at a red light and collided with Officer Burtner's motorcycle at the intersection of Main Street and 8th Street. The driver of the car plead guilty to negligent homicide and was sentenced to probation. Officer Burtner had served with the Riverside Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two children, and one grandchild.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Burtner gave the Riverside Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Riverside community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Burtner.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Riverside, Riverside County, CA
Platform Identity rpd.riverside.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 4, 1938
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Clinton 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 1938, 89 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 15th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Clinton was 42. 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. Clinton had served 8 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%. Sundays: 14%.

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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

Riverside Police Department has 15 officers remembered here, Clinton among them.

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Where

Officer Clinton Burtner

Riverside Police Department · End of Watch December 4, 1938

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-E

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