Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Arkansas
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Arkansas 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)
50
15 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
16.6
2020 Census population
National Rank
#3
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
40%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Arkansas.
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 Arkansas agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Trevor Howard | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | Marked Tree Police Department |
| 2025 | Fredrick T. Coleman, Sr. | Sergeant | Heart attack | Arkansas Department of Corrections |
| 2024 | Justin Smith | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Stone County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Michael Cain Maxheimer | Police Officer | Duty related illness | Shannon Hills Police Department |
| 2023 | James Michael Lett | Detective | Automobile crash | Benton Police Department |
| 2022 | Paul Daniel Newell | Detective | Motorcycle crash | Benton County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Donald Scoby | Sergeant | Gunfire | Stuttgart Police Department |
| 2022 | Vincent Anthony Parks | Patrolman | Duty related illness | Jonesboro Police Department |
| 2022 | Jeremiah James Story | Detention Officer | Gunfire | Perry County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Joshua Caudell | Sergeant | Gunfire | Arkansas Department of Corrections |
| 2022 | Michael R. Springer | Corporal | COVID19 | Arkansas State Police |
| 2022 | William Shibley | Sergeant | COVID19 | Sebastian County Sheriff's Office |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Arkansas 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.