Officer Nancy Ellen Nichols
Naugatuck Police Department
End of Watch: Sunday, March 17, 1991
Badge Number: PL15 (Retired In Her Honor)
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Officer Nichols was killed when she was struck by a car after stopping
to help a fellow officer. The first female officer hired by the
Naugatuck Police Department, Officer Nichols was also the first female
officer in Connecticut to die in the line of duty. Officer Nichols was
34 years old and is survived by her son.