Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Jèan-Harold Astree was killed in a four-car crash on Capps Ferry Road near Brookcrest Court in Douglasville.
He was driving an unmarked Police Dodge Charger northbound when it collided with a truck traveling in the southbound lane. The truck spun and crashed into an SUV traveling northbound. Sergeant Astree's car crossed into the southbound lane and struck another truck head-on. The occupants in the three other vehicles were transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Sergeant Astree succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Sergeant Astree was a United States Air Force Reserve veteran who served with the Fairburn Police Department for over five years. He had previously served with the Lovejoy Police Department, Villa Rica Police Department, Atlanta Police Department, and the New York City Police Department.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, and brother.
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Tributes
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.
Sergeant Astree gave the Fairburn Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fairburn community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jèan-Harold Louis Astree served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Jèan-Harold Louis Astree 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jèan-Harold Louis Astree's cause is highlighted.
How Jèan-Harold Louis Astree Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jèan-Harold Louis Astree is highlighted in Jul.