Roll of Honor
Incident
Weight Control Officer Joseph Modlin was killed when he was crushed underneath the rear wheels of a logging truck at the Home Valley weigh station along Highway 14. He was speaking to the driver of a truck that had stopped next to the scale. When a second truck pulled onto the scale Officer Modlin turned and began to walk toward it. As the original truck began to pull away the rear portion of the empty trailer struck him and he was crushed under the wheels. Officer Modlin had served with the Washington State Patrol for six years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three daughters.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Weight Control Officer Modlin gave the Washington State Patrol 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Washington. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Weight Control Officer Modlin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joseph B. Modlin served in the U.S. Army (1941â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Weight Control Officer Joseph B. Modlin 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 WA, 111 of 340 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.6% of this state's fallen. That is 32.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Washington State Patrol, 23 of 34 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 67.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph B. Modlin's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph B. Modlin Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph B. Modlin is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Military Service
Joseph B. Modlin served in the U.S. Army (1941–1945) before joining law enforcement.
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