Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John Best was electrocuted while testing a radio receiving set at the broadcasting station in Findlay. Sergeant Best was the chief of radio operations at the station. Sergeant Best had served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for 18 months.
Survivors
He was survived by his daughter and parents.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Sergeant Best gave the Ohio State Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Ohio. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Best.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John F. Best 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Ohio State Highway Patrol, 33 of 42 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 78.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John F. Best's cause is highlighted.
How John F. Best Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John F. Best is highlighted in Jun.
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