Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: 4 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Training accident
Date of Incident: October 12, 2012
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Police Recruit Kelley Chase died after suffering a head injury during a defensive tactics test at the Oklahoma City Police Training Center.
He was completing the six-minute long final test with an instructor when he was thrown to the ground and struck the back of his head on a mat. He remained conscious but was unable to stand up again after striking his head. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to internal head injuries the following day.
Police Recruit Chase was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had been sworn in as a police officer only four months earlier at the beginning of his academy session. He is survived by his wife and two children.