Trooper Charles Gerald Whitney
Iowa State Patrol
Iowa

End of Watch: Sunday, June 16, 1985
Cause: Struck by vehicle

Biographical Info
Age: 55
Tour of Duty: 24 years
Badge Number: 329

Trooper Whitney was struck by a vehicle and killed while making a traffic stop on I-380. He was handing the driver a ticket through the driver's side window when another vehicle whose driver had fallen asleep struck him.

Trooper Whitney had served with the Iowa State Patrol for 24 years.

 
Photograph: Trooper Charles Gerald Whitney

Patch image: Iowa State Patrol, Iowa

Visit Trooper Whitney's memorial at www.ODMP.org