Crime & Safety
Former Westfield Officer Remembered
Officer Edgar B. 'Doc' Wright died in a motorcycle crash.
WESTFIELD, NJ - It has been over eight decades, but the Westfield Police Department is honoring Officer Edgar B. "Doc" Wright 81 years after his death.
Wright held badge number 7 with Westfield's finest, and died in the line of duty in a motorcycle crash.
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