Dewey Wayne Dorsey Sr.

Athens Police Department — Athens, AL

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch February 11, 1989

Age 43

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

Incident

Officer Dewey Dorsey succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident while transporting blood to Athens Limestone Hospital. Officer Dorsey was treated and released from a hospital after the accident but suffered a blood clot and died.

Survivors

Officer Dorsey is survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Dorsey served with the Athens Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Athens community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Dorsey.

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

Agency

Department Athens Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Athens, Limestone County, AL

Platform Identity apd.limestone.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 11, 1989

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Dewey Wayne Dorsey Sr. served in the U.S. Navy (1970â1972) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Dewey Wayne Dorsey Sr. 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 Athens Police Department, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Athens Police Department

of 6 officers

33.3% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident