Police Officer

Stanley J. Brock

Newark Police Division — Newark, NJ
Felonious
End of Watch August 8, 1876
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Stanley Brock succumbed to wounds he received on August 3, 1876.

Officer Brock entered the home at 140 Clinton Avenue in Newark at 5:20 a.m., when he noticed a grate missing from a window. When he walked up the stairs and called for the men to stop, one of the subjects fired at him. He was transported to St Barnabus Hospital, where he passed away five days later.

The two suspects were apprehended and sentenced to death. On the morning of the execution date, one of the men committed suicide. The other suspect was hanged.

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150 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Brock served with the Newark Police Division.
Thank you for your service to the Newark community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Type Police Department
Location Newark, Essex County, NJ
Platform Identity npd.essex.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 8, 1876
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Stanley 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 1876, 35 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 149th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Newark Police Division has 58 officers remembered here, Stanley among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Stanley J. Brock

Newark Police Division · End of Watch August 8, 1876

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-W

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