Roll of Honor
Incident
Assistant Chief Johnnie Shaner was killed in a vehicle crash while responding to a call to assist another officer at 7:35 p.m.
He was traveling on Route 9, just four miles southwest of the White Hall city limits, when he lost control of his patrol car and swerved into oncoming traffic, striking another vehicle. He died from the injuries he received in the collision.
Assistant Chief Shaner was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran and had served in law enforcement for 22 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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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.
Assistant Chief of Police Shaner gave the White Hall Police Department 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hayneville 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
Johnnie Lane Shaner Sr. served in the U.S. Army (1965â1965) before joining law enforcement.
Assistant Chief of Police Johnnie Lane Shaner Sr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 28.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Johnnie Lane Shaner Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Johnnie Lane Shaner Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Military Service
Johnnie Lane Shaner Sr. served in the U.S. Army (1965–1965) before joining law enforcement.
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