Carlos Taylor

Montgomery Police Department — Montgomery, AL

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 30, 2023

Age 29

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

The Vigil Panel 181 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 27

Incident

Police Officer Carlos Taylor succumbed to complications of injuries sustained in a vehicle crash on February 17th, 2017, at the intersection of Spring Valley Road and Woodley Road.

He was responding to a needs assistance call of officers pursuing two men with a gun. He was traveling south on Woodley Road in an unmarked patrol car when he attempted to avoid hitting another vehicle. His patrol car crossed into another lane and collided with another vehicle.

He suffered a traumatic injury to his brain stem that resulted in him being a quadriplegic and unable to verbally communicate. He remained under constant care until succumbing to his injuries on June 30th, 2023.

Officer Taylor had served with the Montgomery Police Department for two years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Taylor gave the Montgomery Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Taylor.

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

Agency

Department Montgomery Police Department

Type Other

Location Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Platform Identity mpd.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 30, 2023

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Military Service

Carlos Taylor served in the U.S. Navy (2014â2015) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Carlos Taylor is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 28.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Montgomery Police Department, 12 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Montgomery Police Department

of 28 officers

42.9% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident