Jackie Lewis Phillips
Patrolman

Jackie Lewis Phillips

Bristol Police Dept. — Bristol, TN
Accident
End of Watch October 1, 1988
Age 26
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Jackie Phillips was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car overturned on Anderson Street and landed in a creek bed. Patrolman Phillips had been with the Bristol Police for 14 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, brother and sister.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-TN-76C55160
Stewardship
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Patrolman Phillips gave the Bristol Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Bristol community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Phillips.

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

Agency

Location Bristol, TN
Platform Identity bpd.sullivan.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 1, 1988
Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Jackie Lewis Phillips 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Bristol Police Dept., 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Bristol Police Dept.
1
of 4 officers
25% Accident
TN — Statewide
191
of 769 officers
24.8% 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. Jackie Lewis Phillips'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 Jackie Lewis Phillips Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1.2
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jackie Lewis Phillips 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

Incident Location