Collin Birnie

Flint Police Department — Flint, MI

Accident Veteran →

End of Watch February 4, 2022

Age 53

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Captain Collin Birnie was killed in a vehicle crash on Elms Road, between Mount Morris Road and Francis Road.

An oncoming vehicle was attempting to pass other cars when it lost control and struck Captain Birnie's department vehicle head-on.

Captain Birnie was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He had served with the Flint Police Department for 26 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Captain Birnie gave the Flint Police Department 26 years.
Thank you for your service to the Flint community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Flint Police Department

Type Other

Location Flint, Genesee County, MI

Platform Identity fpd.genesee.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 4, 2022

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 53

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Collin Birnie served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Captain Collin Birnie is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 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%.

At Flint Police Department, 9 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 69.2% of this agency's fallen.

Flint Police Department

of 13 officers

69.2% Accident

MI — Statewide

229

of 718 officers

31.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,095

of 32,587 officers

31% Accident