Jose Cabrera-Santiago
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Policeman

Jose Cabrera-Santiago

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch September 3, 1980
Age 29
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Badge 1655
Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Jose Cabrera-Santiago was shot and killed while responding to a robbery call at a Pizza Hut restaurant in the Urb Fagot neighborhood of Ponce, Puerto Rico, at approximately 2:00 am. As he arrived on the scene two subjects opened fire on him, fatally wounding him. Policeman Cabrera-Santiago had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Cabrera-Santiago gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Cabrera-Santiago.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 3, 1980
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 29
Badge Number 1655
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jose is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% 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 1980, 127 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 37th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jose was 29. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Jose had served 8 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 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Jose among them.

Across the years
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Where

Policeman Jose Cabrera-Santiago

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch September 3, 1980

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-E

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