Roll of Honor
Charles Floyd Collins II
Incident
Officer Charles Collins was killed in an automobile crash in Alaska while traveling between the Eagle Port of Entry and the Poker Creek Border Crossing.
He was driving on the Taylor Highway, near mile marker 114, when his vehicle left the roadway, went down a 200-foot embankment, and landed in the rain-swollen O'Brien Creek. A passerby who saw tracks down the embankment notified Alaska State Troopers, who started a massive search along with other state and federal agencies.
Officer Collins' body was recovered on August 15th, 2010.
Officer Collins was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the United States Customs Service - Office of Field Operations for eight years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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Tributes
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.
Officer Collins gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 8 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Charles Floyd Collins II served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
Officer Charles Floyd Collins II is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 32 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, 5 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 12.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Floyd Collins II's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Floyd Collins II Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Charles Floyd Collins II served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
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