Fred L. Lucy

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office — Jacksonville, FL

Veteran → Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 8, 1979

Age 36

The Vigil Panel 121 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 29

Incident

Officer Fred Lucy, Officer Ronald Florence, and Officer Charles Thompson were killed in a plane crash while en route to pick up a prisoner in Panama City, Florida, at 9:45 a.m. The Cessna 411, which had been seized several weeks prior, developed engine problems within minutes of taking off from Craig Field in Jacksonville. The pilot attempted to return to the airport but was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field along Beach Boulevard. The plane struck a telephone pole and then the roof of a car dealership before coming to rest. All three officers were killed on impact. Officer Lucy was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran.

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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.
Officer Lucy served with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Jacksonville community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Platform Identity jso.duval.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 8, 1979

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Fred L. Lucy served in the U.S. Army (1964â1966) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Fred L. Lucy 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, 12 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

of 30 officers

40% Accident

FL — Statewide

313

of 1,008 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident