Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
End of Watch: Saturday, March 14, 1936
Age: 55
Tour of Duty: 25 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: March 14, 1936
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Detective Sergeant Paul Jones was killed in an accident when his police vehicle struck a tree while on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard at College Heights, Maryland.
He was en route to the reform school in Jessup, Maryland, to question a prisoner.
Sergeant Jones was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI. He had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 25 years and assigned to the Robbery Squad. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.