George W. Mills

Constable

Westport

End of Watch: 11/26/1924

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Constable Mills was directing heavy traffic returning from the Yale–Harvard football game when he was struck by a car. He suffered head and leg injuries and died 4 days later as a result of a traumatic brain injury.

Constable Mills was on post at the intersection of Post Road West and Riverside Avenue on November 22, 1924, directing heavy traffic returning from the Yale–Harvard football game. At 6:10 PM he was struck by a car returning to New York City from that game. Constable Mills suffered head and leg injuries and died 4 days later as a result of a traumatic brain injury.

Constable Mills was 65 years old when he was killed, and a newspaper account of the accident and his death noted that “…in spite of his years he was a most efficient officer. Faithfulness was his motto in this as well as everything he undertook.”