New York City Police Department, New York
End of Watch: Saturday, August 25, 1923
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: 10334
Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: August 19, 1923
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrolman Thomas Leonard succumbed to injuries he sustained when he was thrown from his department motorcycle.
He was pursuing a speeder on Broadway when a taxicab turned from West 63rd Street and crashed into him.
Patrolman Leonard was a United States WWI veteran and had served with the New York City Police Department for two years, assigned to Motorcycle Precinct 1, the present-day Highway 1. He was survived by his wife and two children.