Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Alabama
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Alabama agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
77
20 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
15.3
2020 Census population
National Rank
#6
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
35%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Alabama.
2026 is year to date.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from Alabama agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Dylan Chase Owen | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Citronelle Police Department |
| 2026 | Dallas Hinton | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Thomasville Police Department |
| 2026 | David M. Hathcock | Corporal | Automobile crash | Montgomery Police Department |
| 2025 | Shawn Nixon | Conservation Enforcement Officer Senior | Heart attack | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries |
| 2025 | Mark Meadows | Lieutenant | Struck by vehicle | Irondale Police Department |
| 2024 | Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns | Deputy Sheriff | Heart attack | Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Jermyius O’Marian-D’Nazhray Young | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | John Randall McCrary | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Carlos Taylor | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Montgomery Police Department |
| 2023 | Kimberly Sickafoose | Port Police Officer | Drowned | Alabama Port Authority Police |
| 2023 | Garrett Crumby | Police Officer | Gunfire | Huntsville Police Department |
| 2023 | Howard J. Verner, Jr. | Constable | Struck by vehicle | Barbour County Constable's Office |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Alabama agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.