Sergeant

Ezra Sutherland

Accident
End of Watch June 19, 1950
Age 40
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Ezra Sutherland was killed when his patrol car was struck head-on by a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on the Dixie Highway near Pages Lane at about 4:20 am. The driver of the other vehicle was apprehended and charged with manslaughter, assault and battery, reckless driving, and failure to stop and render aid.

Survivors

Sergeant Sutherland was survived by his wife, two stepsons, father, and brother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Sutherland served with the Jefferson County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Sutherland.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Platform Identity jcpd.jefferson.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 19, 1950
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Ezra is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1950, 58 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 77th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Ezra was 40. 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.

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When

June holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Mondays: 13.4%.

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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

Jefferson County Police Department has 20 officers remembered here, Ezra among them.

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Where

Sergeant Ezra Sutherland

Jefferson County Police Department · End of Watch June 19, 1950

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 64-W

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