Billy Randolph
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Sergeant

Billy Randolph

Fort Worth Police Department — Fort Worth, TX
Veteran → Accident
End of Watch August 12, 2024
Age 56
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Badge 2797
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Billy Randolph was struck and killed at a crash scene on Interstate 35 near Sycamore School Road at 5:30 a.m.

A tractor-trailer collided with a guardrail and caught fire. During the clean-up, Sergeant Randolph was standing outside his patrol vehicle when a vehicle drove the wrong way through barricades and struck him. He was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

The driver continued driving, and when she stopped her car, she fled on foot. She was apprehended and charged with intoxication manslaughter. In 2026, she pleaded guilty to intoxicated manslaughter leading to the death of a peace officer and was sentenced to life in prison in 2026. She will be eligible for parole in 2056.

Sergeant Randolph was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Fort Worth Police Department for 29 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and children.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Randolph gave the Fort Worth Police Department 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Worth community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Fort Worth, Denton County, TX
Platform Identity fwpd.tarrant.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 12, 2024
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Age 56
Badge Number 2797
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

Military Service

Billy Randolph served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Billy is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2024, 52 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 90th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Billy was 56. 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. Billy had served 29 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.4%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile; alcohol involved, in 0.2% of these deaths.

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His people

Fort Worth Police Department has 59 officers remembered here, Billy among them.

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Where

Sergeant Billy Randolph

Fort Worth Police Department · End of Watch August 12, 2024

Military Service

Billy Randolph served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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