Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Les Wilmott was killed when his patrol car collided with the rear of a tractor trailer on US Highway 169, shortly after midnight.
He had served in law enforcement for 30 years and had previously served as police chief for the Inola Police Department, the Beggs Police Department, the Jenks Police Department, and the Rogers County Sheriff's Department.
Sergeant Wilmott is survived by his wife, three children, and two grandchildren.
Survivors
Sergeant Wilmott is survived by his wife, three children, and two grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
30 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Wilmott gave the Kiefer Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Kiefer community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Wilmott.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Leslie Eugene Wilmott 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Kiefer Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Leslie Eugene Wilmott's cause is highlighted.
How Leslie Eugene Wilmott Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Leslie Eugene Wilmott is highlighted in May.
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