New York State Police Officer Memorial Records from 1791

A listing of police officers from New York State who died in the line of duty, beginning in 1791. The Office of Public Safety (OPS) of the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) facilitates support services for the memorial. A Remembrance Ceremony is held at the memorial each year in May.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in line-of-duty deaths using the Year and Month columns.
• Identifying agencies with the highest memorial counts using the Agency and Name columns.
• Mapping officer memorialization details using the Section and Panel columns for physical memorial layout analysis.

Strengths

• Records begin in 1791, providing a long historical timeline.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
• Maintained by a state government agency (NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov, likely sourced from the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).

Collection Method

Likely compiled and maintained by the Office of Public Safety (OPS) for memorial administration.

Time Range

Beginning 1791.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 20:56:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, United States.