Jack Lee Spencer, Sr.
Incident
Captain Jack Spencer was killed in an automobile crash on I-80 near Reno, Nevada. Captain Spencer was a United States Army and Air Force veteran who had served with the United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services for 18 years and previously served as a Chief of Police in Kansas and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was survived by his wife, two sons, three brothers and two sisters. On March 25th, 2001, one of Captain Spencer's sons, Police Officer Creighton Spencer, was killed in the line of duty on I-80 near Elko, Nevada, while responding to a call. Officer Spencer also served with the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Law Enforcement.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, three brothers and two sisters.
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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.
Captain Spencer gave the United States Department of the Interior 30 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jack Lee Spencer, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Captain Jack Lee Spencer, Sr. 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 DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, 7 of 52 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 13.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jack Lee Spencer, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Jack Lee Spencer, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jack Lee Spencer, Sr. is highlighted in Sep.
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