Ivan Mejias Hernandez
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Agent

Ivan Mejias Hernandez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch November 1, 1994
Age 23
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Agent Ivan Hernandez was shot and killed by a drug dealer after the dealer discovered he was a police officer performing a drug investigation. Agent Hernandez was assigned to the PRPD Narcotics Division as an undercover agent where he infiltrated a drug-dealing gang in the Barazas Sector, Carolina, Puerto Rico. A suspect of the investigation believed Officer Hernandez to be a police informant. He was kidnapped by three individuals and taken to a remote location where he was shot once in the abdomen and once in the head. His body was left inside of his undercover vehicle and pushed into a precipice where it was later recovered. The FBI investigated and later apprehended the perpetrators. The shooter became a federal witness and received 20 years in prison. The other two suspects received life imprisonment. Agent Hernandez had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He is was survived by his wife and newborn son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Hernandez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Hernandez.

— 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 November 1, 1994
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Ivan 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 1994, 93 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 59th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Ivan was 23. 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. Ivan had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.1% 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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

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

Across the years

Agent Ivan Mejias Hernandez

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch November 1, 1994

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-W

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