Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Anthony Shepeard was killed when he was crushed under an old police car at a local junk yard. He had gone to the junk yard to remove parts from the police car. When he failed to show up for the shift change a lookout was put out for him. The owner of the junk yard, hearing the lookout on the radio, went to the location of the old police car and found that the jack had collapsed and the car had crushed Lieutenant Shepeard.
Survivors
Lieutenant Shepeard had served with the Lake Linden Police Department for 4 years and was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Shepeard gave the Lake Linden Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lake Linden community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Shepeard.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Anthony P. Shepeard is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony P. Shepeard's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony P. Shepeard Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony P. Shepeard is highlighted in Dec.