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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 93

  • Accidental 2
  • Aircraft accident 1
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 13
  • Bicycle accident 2
  • COVID19 7
  • Drowned 1
  • Gunfire 47
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
  • Heart attack 4
  • Motorcycle crash 1
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 5
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 2

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 2
  • Arkansas 2
  • California 5
  • Florida 7
  • Indiana 3
  • Kentucky 3
  • Louisiana 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 6
  • Minnesota 1
  • Nevada 3
  • New Jersey 3
  • New York 11
  • North Carolina 2
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 4
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • Railroad Police 1
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 3
  • Tennessee 5
  • Texas 10
  • U.S. Government 3
  • Utah 1
  • Virginia 2
  • West Virginia 1
  • Wisconsin 3
Officer Harry Cantave | New York City Health and Hospitals Police Department, New York
New York City Health and Hospitals Police Department, New York

Officer Harry Cantave

New York City Health and Hospitals Police Department, NY

EOW: Wednesday, August 22, 1990

Cause: Stabbed