Incident
Officer Christian succumbed to injuries sustained in an on-duty motorcycle accident the previous day while on patrol. He was en route to Brunswick High School to conduct traffic control when a car struck him on Glynn Avenue. He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning. Officer Christian had been with the agency for 12 years.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Christian gave the Brunswick Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Brunswick community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Christian.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Officer Cleveland Ray Christian 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 GA, 264 of 905 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Brunswick Police Department, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Cleveland Ray Christian's cause is highlighted.
How Cleveland Ray Christian Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Cleveland Ray Christian is highlighted in May.
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