Roll of Honor
Lester E. Reid
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Lester Reid was killed in a vehicle crash while on patrol during a winter storm near Bowling Green. Deputy Reid and another deputy were driving on U.S. 68 near the junction with the Green River Parkway when the patrol car skidded. A tractor-trailer tried to avoid the skidding patrol vehicle and struck the side of the car. Deputy Reid suffered life-ending injuries. The other deputy was transported to Bowling Green Hospital with minor injuries. Deputy Reid was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Warren County Sheriff's Department for three years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- 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.
Deputy Sheriff Reid gave the Warren County Sheriff's Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bowling Green community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Lester E. Reid served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Lester E. Reid 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 KY, 161 of 983 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 16.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Incident Location
Military Service
Lester E. Reid served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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