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Florida Highway Patrol
Tallahassee, FL

Patch image: Florida State Road Department - Division of Traffic Enforcement, FLPatrolman Royston Earl Walker Jr.
Florida State Road Department -..., FL
EOW: Monday, August 31, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Luther Paul Daniels
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, December 5, 1941
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Leroy C. Bender
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, October 25, 1947
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Halley C. Strickland
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, January 8, 1954
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Edwin J. Gasque
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, October 26, 1961
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Sherman Lee Scott Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Sunday, January 3, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLAuxiliary Captain Owen Karl Bender
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, September 9, 1965
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Joseph Newton Sawtell Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, August 5, 1966
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLCorporal Joseph Paul Bertrand
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, December 22, 1967
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper John C. Hagerty
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Wednesday, March 18, 1970
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Herman T. Morris
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, March 16, 1972
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Charles W. Parks
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, February 6, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Claude H. Baker Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, November 17, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Ronald Gordon Smith
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Sunday, December 23, 1973
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Wilburn A. Kelly
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1974
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Charles Eugene Campbell
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, November 16, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Kenneth E. Flynt
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, January 1, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Phillip A. Black
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, February 20, 1976
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Richard D. Howell
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Monday, August 2, 1976
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Bradley Steven Glascock
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, August 4, 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Elmer C. Barnett
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, February 14, 1978
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Alvin V. Kohler
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, September 19, 1978
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Robert P. McDermon Sr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, April 11, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Merle J. Cook
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Monday, July 13, 1981
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLCorporal Cleo L. Tomlinson Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Monday, July 13, 1981
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Robert L. Pruitt
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Monday, July 13, 1981
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Frederick J. Groves Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, September 18, 1984
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Lindell J. Gibbons
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, March 23, 1985
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLSergeant John C. Baxter Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Wednesday, October 2, 1985
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Stephen G. Rouse
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, March 28, 1987
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Jeffrey Dale Young
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, August 18, 1987
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Milan Dexter Hendrix
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, June 1, 1989
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLLieutenant Benedict James Thomas
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, June 9, 1989
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper James Herbert Fulford Jr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, February 1, 1992
Cause of Death: Bomb
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Kimberly Ann Hurd
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Thursday, July 16, 1992
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLCaptain Saxton Randall Jones
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Monday, May 1, 1995
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Donald E. Jennings
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, June 30, 1995
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Robert G. Smith
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, July 26, 1997
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper James Bradford-Jean Crooks
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, May 19, 1998
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLSergeant George A. (Andy) Brown III
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLTrooper Darryl Louis Haywood Sr.
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Florida Highway Patrol, FLSergeant Nicholas G. Sottile
Florida Highway Patrol, FL
EOW: Friday, January 12, 2007
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 42

Aircraft accident: 5
Automobile accident: 5
Bomb: 1
Gunfire: 18
Gunfire (Accidental): 1
Struck by vehicle: 4
Vehicle pursuit: 4
Vehicular assault: 4

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