Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Lindley was killed in an automobile accident during a narcotics investigation. Chief Lindley and two Arizona Department of Public Safety Officers were en route to the Cottonwood Airport on a narcotics investigation. When their car reached the intersection of US 89A and Arizona 279, they failed to stop at the stop sign and struck another car broadside. Chief Lindley was dead upon arrival at the hospital. The other two officers and the seven people in the other car were all injured.
Survivors
Chief Lindley was survived by his wife, Karen, two daughters, Debbie and Mary Alice, his son, Kenneth, Jr.
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- August 2, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Lindley gave the Prescott Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Prescott community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Lindley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Kenneth D. Lindley 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 28.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth D. Lindley's cause is highlighted.
How Kenneth D. Lindley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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