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Reserve Officer

Johnnie Mae Clanton

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 23, 1999

Age 38

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

The Vigil Panel 146 ›

Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 127

Incident

Reserve Officer Clanton was killed in an automobile crash while responding to reports of a stabbing in Algiers.

Officer Clanton's vehicle went out of control and struck a light pole near the intersection of General Meyer Avenue and Southlawn Boulevard at approximately 9:20 p.m. Officer Clanton, who was the passenger, died at the scene. Her partner was transported to a local hospital in serious condition.

Reserve Officer Clanton, who also served in the U.S.

Survivors

Marine Corps in Hawaii, is survived by her mother, four sisters, and three brothers.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Reserve Officer Clanton gave the New Orleans Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.

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

Agency

Department New Orleans Police Department

Type Police Department

Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 23, 1999

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 38

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Johnnie Mae Clanton served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Reserve Officer Johnnie Mae Clanton 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 30.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At New Orleans Police Department, 35 of 128 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.

New Orleans Police Department

of 128 officers

27.3% Accident

LA — Statewide

180

of 595 officers

30.3% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident