Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Friday, December 21, 1979
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Badge Number: 274
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: December 21, 1979
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Doyle drowned while responding to a report of a woman who had jumped off of the Girard Bridge. He was driving to the scene when his patrol car left the roadway at Montgomery Drive and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, and plunged into the Schuylkill River. The initial report came when a man walked into the 23rd District station and informed the desk officer that his wife planned to jump from the bridge. When the officers drove the man to the scene the suspect suddenly jumped from the bridge himself.
Sergeant Doyle served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 11 years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.