Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Kentucky
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Kentucky 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)
58
15 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
12.9
2020 Census population
National Rank
#9
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
34%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Richard Coyle | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Crittenden County Sheriff's Office |
| 2025 | Ryan Hudson | Sergeant | Heart attack | Paducah Police Department |
| 2025 | George Ramirez | Sergeant | Automobile crash | Kentucky Department of Corrections |
| 2024 | Burl Wesley Everman | Chief Deputy | Heart attack | Bath County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Joshua C. Phipps | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Russell County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Hunter Scott Miller | Correctional Officer | Heart attack | Kentucky Department of Corrections |
| 2024 | William Marty Jackson, II | Sergeant | Heart attack | Winchester Police Department |
| 2024 | Brent Lee Hall | Police Officer | Heart attack | Pioneer Village Police Department |
| 2023 | Caleb Conley | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Scott County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Logan K. Medlock | Police Officer | Vehicular assault | London Police Department |
| 2022 | Jacob Russell Chaffins | Police Officer | Gunfire | Prestonsburg Police Department |
| 2022 | Ralph Harlow Frasure | Captain | Gunfire | Prestonsburg Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Kentucky 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.