Polk County Sheriff's Office, Florida
End of Watch: Thursday, February 2, 1989
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: February 2, 1989
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff David Goddard was killed in an automobile accident on Airport Road when his patrol car struck a pickup truck.
The pickup truck was traveling with no tail lights on a dark stretch of at 2:00 am.
Deputy Goddard was survived by his wife and three children. His wife also served as a Polk County deputy sheriff at the time of the accident.