Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman, Bucks County Sheriff's Office, Pennsylvania

Deputy Sheriff Thomas A. Bateman

Bucks County Sheriff's Office, Pennsylvania

End of Watch Monday, September 22, 1986

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Thomas A. Bateman

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Bateman and Deputy Sheriff George Warta were killed when their patrol car was struck head-on by a tractor-trailer on Street Road in Warrington Township.

The deputies were returning to their patrol area after conducting a prisoner transport.

Deputy Bateman had been with the agency for 10 years.

Bio

Age 31
Tour 10 years
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Incident Details

Cause Automobile crash

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39 years later you are remembered and thought of daily. RIP Tom, see you on the other side.

Kim

September 22, 2025

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