Kendrick Lloyd
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Chief of Police

Kendrick Lloyd

Joplin Police Department — Joplin, MO
Accident
End of Watch April 17, 1948
Age 52
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Chief of Police Kendrick Lloyd succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier in an automobile crash on U.S. 166 near the port-of-entry at Baxter Springs, Kansas. Chief Lloyd had gone to Miami, Oklahoma, to show off Joplin's new radio-equipped police car. On his return trip to Joplin, he crossed the centerline and struck a truck head-on. He was transported to St. John's Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Chief Lloyd had served with the Joplin Police Department for 17 years and had served as the police chief for 2-1/2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, stepdaughter, and stepson.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Lloyd gave the Joplin Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Joplin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Lloyd.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Joplin, Jasper County, MO
Platform Identity jpd.jasper.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 17, 1948
Tour of Duty 17 yrs
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kendrick is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1948, 74 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 36th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kendrick was 52. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Kendrick had served 17 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

April holds 7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 14.9%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Joplin Police Department has 21 officers remembered here, Kendrick among them.

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Where

Chief of Police Kendrick Lloyd

Joplin Police Department · End of Watch April 17, 1948

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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