Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Jimmie White succumbed to injuries sustained earlier in the day when his police motorcycle struck a patrol car while escorting a motorcade at 1:00 p.m.
The officers were escorting the Blue Angels pilots and flight crew from a Little Rock hotel to the Little Rock Air Base. The motorcade had just reached the base, and the lead patrol car was turning left into the gate. Trooper White, who was blocking intersections along the route, approached on the left-hand side of the motorcade and struck the patrol as it made the left-hand turn. Trooper White was flown to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the same evening.
Trooper White had served with the Arkansas State Police for seven years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and parents.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper First Class White gave the Arkansas State Police 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arkansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper First Class White.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Trooper First Class Jimmie Harold White II 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 AR, 92 of 372 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.7% of this state's fallen. That is 24.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Arkansas State Police, 15 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 65.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jimmie Harold White II's cause is highlighted.
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