Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Oklahoma
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Oklahoma 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)
61
15 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
15.4
2020 Census population
National Rank
#5
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
18%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Oklahoma.
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 Oklahoma agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Adam Heitman | Deputy Sheriff | Duty related illness | Creek County Sheriff's Office |
| 2026 | Thomas "Walker" LeMay | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | LeFlore County Sheriffs Office |
| 2026 | Vernon Brake | Trooper | Automobile crash | Oklahoma Highway Patrol |
| 2025 | Thomas Duran | Sergeant | Vehicular assault | El Reno Police Department |
| 2024 | Robert William Sumner | Corporal | Automobile crash | Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
| 2023 | John Robert Randolph, III | Captain | Fall | Ringling Police Department |
| 2023 | Jeremy McCain | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Joseph Barlow | Patrolman | Automobile crash | McAlester Police Department |
| 2023 | Richard Shawn Parker | Captain | Heart attack | McAlester Police Department |
| 2023 | Kenneth Fowler | Detention Officer | Fall | Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Meagan Burke | Sergeant | Vehicular assault | Oklahoma City Police Department |
| 2022 | Robert Blaine Swartz | Sergeant | Gunfire | Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Oklahoma 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.