Police Officer Joseph Patrick Mitchell

Police Officer Joseph Patrick Mitchell

Eureka Police Department, California

End of Watch Sunday, December 1, 1974

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Joseph Patrick Mitchell

Officer Mitchell was killed in an automobile accident while responding to a burglar alarm call. During the response the vehicle he was riding in struck another car that ran a stop sign. Officer Mitchell and the officer he was responding with were both off duty but were responding because all of the on duty officers were involved in controlling a riot in another part of the city.

Bio

  • Age 26
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Automobile crash

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Rest in peace Officer Mitchell.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 23, 2021

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