Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
End of Watch: Friday, December 28, 1934
Age:
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: December 27, 1934
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Raymond Sinclair was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle which attempted to make a left turn on Bladensburg Road, NE, at Queens Chapel Road.
Officer Sinclair was in the process of passing the vehicle on the left at the time of the accident. He died the next day from his injuries.
Eight years earlier, in 1926, Officer Sinclair made 3,482 arrests and got convictions in all but 13 of them. He had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife.