Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
Tennessee
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving Tennessee 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)
86
25 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
12.4
2020 Census population
National Rank
#10
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
24%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Landon Faulkner | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office |
| 2026 | Dustin Pedigo | Correctional Officer | Stabbed | Tennessee Department of Correction |
| 2026 | Derrick Bonham | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Weakley County Sheriff's Office |
| 2025 | Justin Bradford Mowery | Deputy Sheriff | Vehicle pursuit | Blount County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Rick Finley | Sergeant | Gunfire | McNairy County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Demetrice Lavelle Johnson | Police Officer | Automobile crash | Memphis Police Department |
| 2024 | Joseph Russell McKinney | Police Officer | Gunfire | Memphis Police Department |
| 2024 | Wisbens Antoine | Police Officer | Duty related illness | Knoxville Police Department |
| 2024 | Robert John Leonard | Deputy Sheriff | Drowned | Meigs County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Greg McCowan | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Blount County Sheriff's Office |
| 2023 | Christopher Byard Cummings | Chief of Police | Heart attack | Samburg Police Department |
| 2023 | James Michael Russ | Sergeant | Heart attack | Chattanooga Police Department |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving Tennessee 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.