Frank H. Dunn
Police Officer

Frank H. Dunn

Birmingham Police Dept. — Birmingham, AL
Accident
End of Watch October 14, 1986
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Dunn was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car struck a tractor trailer that had made a left hand turn in front of him.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Birmingham, AL
Platform Identity birmpd.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 14, 1986
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Frank H. Dunn is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Birmingham Police Dept., 14 of 49 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Birmingham Police Dept.
14
of 49 officers
28.6% Accident
AL — Statewide
182
of 643 officers
28.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frank H. Dunn's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Frank H. Dunn Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Frank H. Dunn is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897