Officer Raymond V. Sinclair

Raymond V. Sinclair

Officer Raymond Sinclair was injured when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle that 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 collision. 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.

Officer Sinclair was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife.