Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Gerald Warf was killed in an automobile accident while responding to accident-with-injuries call at 0315 hours.
Officer Warf was driving southbound on Dayton Boulevard when his patrol car collided with a street sweeper that had broken down in the roadway. The driver of the sweeper, who was the brother of a Chattanooga police officer, was standing outside of the vehicle and was also killed.
Officer Warf had been employed with the Red Bank Police Department for three years, and had previously served with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department for two years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 2-year-old son.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Warf gave the Red Bank Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Red Bank community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Warf.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Officer Gerald Wayne Warf Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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