Kelley Chase

Oklahoma City Police Department — Oklahoma City, OK

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 13, 2012

Age 38

Tour of Duty 4 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 32

Incident

Police Recruit Kelley Chase died after suffering a head injury during a defensive tactics test at the Oklahoma City Police Training Center.

He was completing the six-minute long final test with an instructor when he was thrown to the ground and struck the back of his head on a mat. He remained conscious but was unable to stand up again after striking his head. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to internal head injuries the following day.

Police Recruit Chase was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had been sworn in as a police officer only four months earlier at the beginning of his academy session.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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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.
Police Recruit Chase served with the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Oklahoma City 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

Department Oklahoma City Police Department

Type Other

Location Oklahoma City, OK

Platform Identity opd.oklahoma.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 13, 2012

Tour of Duty 4 mo

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kelley Chase served in the U.S. Air Force (1996â2011) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Recruit Kelley Chase 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 23.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Oklahoma City Police Department, 13 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.4% of this agency's fallen.

Oklahoma City Police Department

of 33 officers

39.4% Accident

OK — Statewide

135

of 582 officers

23.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident