Cosby Harris Whitted Jr.

Louisville Police Department — Louisville, KY

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 23, 1963

Age 23

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 90

Incident

Patrolman Cosby Whitted was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on the North-South Expressway near the Crittenden Drive on-ramp at, 3:55 pm.

Patrolman Whitted was a US Air Force veteran and had served with the Louisville Police Department for two years.

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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.
Patrolman Whitted gave the Louisville Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville 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 Louisville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Platform Identity lpd.jefferson.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 23, 1963

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 23

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Cosby Harris Whitted Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Cosby Harris Whitted Jr. 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Louisville Police Department, 34 of 91 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.4% of this agency's fallen.

Louisville Police Department

of 91 officers

37.4% Accident

KY — Statewide

161

of 983 officers

16.4% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident