Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective William Johnston was killed in a vehicle crash while pursuing three subjects who had just committed a bank robbery.
The patrol car Detective Johnston was riding in overturned. He suffered fatal injuries in the crash. Two other officers suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Detective Johnston had served with the Bristow Police Department for 12 years.
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- August 2, 2026
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- September 9, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Johnston gave the Bristow Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bristow community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Johnston.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Detective William H. Johnston is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.
In OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 23.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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