Aubrey Swepson Milstead
Lieutenant

Aubrey Swepson Milstead

San Antonio Police Dept. — San Antonio, TX
Accident
End of Watch September 1, 1931
Age 40
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Aubrey Milstead and Detective Alex Goodman were killed in a vehicle crash near Bowling Green, Ohio, while on official travel.

They had traveled to Camp Perry, Ohio, with other members of the San Antonio Police Department Pistol Team to represent the agency in the National Police Pistol Match. The team had finished competing and was returning to San Antonio when one of their vehicles ran off the roadway on the Dixie Highway, eight miles south of Bowling Green.

Detective Goodman and Lieutenant Milstead were both killed in the crash and two other officers were injured.

Lieutenant Milstead had served with the San Antonio Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Milstead gave the San Antonio Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Milstead.

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

Agency

Location San Antonio, TX
Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 1, 1931
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Lieutenant Aubrey Swepson Milstead 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At San Antonio Police Dept., 22 of 64 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.4% of this agency's fallen.

San Antonio Police Dept.
22
of 64 officers
34.4% Accident
TX — Statewide
653
of 2,421 officers
27% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Aubrey Swepson Milstead's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Aubrey Swepson Milstead Compares

Age at End of Watch
40
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
20
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Aubrey Swepson Milstead is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location