JOSEPH ELMER MCCAIN

Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 23
Department: Metropolitan District Commission, Massachusetts, P.D.
End of Watch: October 22, 2001
Cause: SHOT
Age: 72
Years of Service: 30
Description: Detective McCain was shot and injured during a drug raid in Hyde Park. Because of the extent of the injury, his pancreas was removed which left him a diabetic. Detective McCain did not return to work. His health continued to deteriorate resulting in his death 13 years later.
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