Nancy E. Nichols

Officer

Naugatuck

End of Watch: 3/17/1991

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Officer Nichols was the first female officer in the State of Connecticut to lose her life in the line of duty. A 7-year veteran on the force, she was killed when she was hit by a car during a routine traffic stop.

Officer Nancy Nichols was killed in the line of duty on March 17, 1991, when she was hit by a car during a routine traffic stop. She was assisting a fellow officer in pulling over a vehicle that had run a red light when another car hit her as she was walking towards her patrol car.

Officer Nichols had 7 years on the force at the time of her death. She is the first female officer in the State of Connecticut to lose her life in the line of duty.