Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Julius Plummer succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day when he was involved in an automobile accident while driving a prisoner to the county jail.
On October 26, Sheriff Plummer was transporting a prisoner to the Southern Railway Station for transport to Frankfort Penitentiary. At the intersection of Fourth Street and Madison Avenue, the Fort Mitchell streetcar struck his vehicle. Both Sheriff Plummer and the prisoner were injured and rushed to St. Elizabeth Hospital where Sheriff Plummer died the next day.
Sheriff Plummer had served with the agency for over 30 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and eight children and he is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Tributes
30 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Plummer gave the Campbell County Sheriff's Office 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Newport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Plummer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Julius Leonard Plummer, Sr. 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 14.6 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Julius Leonard Plummer, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Julius Leonard Plummer, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Julius Leonard Plummer, Sr. is highlighted in Oct.