Lanny Rhea Langford

Tarpon Springs Police Department — Tarpon Springs, FL

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch November 18, 1969

Age 25

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Gender Male

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Incident

Police Officer Lanny Langford died from injuries sustained in an on duty traffic accident.

Officer Langford was a vetearn of the Army National Guard. He had served with the Tarpon Springs Police Department for four months and had previously served with the New Port Richey Police Department.

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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 Officer Langford served with the Tarpon Springs Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Tarpon Springs community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Tarpon Springs Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, FL

Platform Identity tspd.pinellas.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 18, 1969

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lanny Rhea Langford served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Lanny Rhea Langford is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Tarpon Springs Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.

Tarpon Springs Police Department

of 4 officers

25% Accident

FL — Statewide

313

of 1,008 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident