Jon Anthony Farrar
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Lieutenant

Jon Anthony Farrar

Accident
End of Watch August 5, 1977
Age 28
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Jon Farrar was killed in an automobile crash on Highway 59 while returning from an assignment to teach a class at the police academy at Wharton County Junior College.

His vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer on U.S. 59 approximately three miles west of Rosenberg.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Farrar served with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Richmond community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Farrar.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX
Platform Identity fbcso.fortbend.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 5, 1977
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Lieutenant Jon Anthony Farrar is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,775 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,422 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, 6 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
6
of 10 officers
60% Accident
TX — Statewide
657
of 2,422 officers
27.1% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,775 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jon Anthony Farrar's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Jon Anthony Farrar Compares

Age at Death
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jon Anthony Farrar is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location