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Police Officer

Michael Gray Winslow

Greensboro Police Department — Greensboro, NC

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch June 27, 1978

Age 21

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Badge 209

The Vigil Panel 120 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 13

Incident

Police Officer Michael Winslow was killed in an automobile crash on I-40, under the Vanstory Street overpass, while responding to assist another officer. Around 10:00 p.m., while en route to the Glenwood Recreation Center, Officer Winslow swerved to avoid another car and then struck a bridge support in the highway median. He was transported to Moses Cone Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a few hours later. Officer Winslow was a United States National Guard veteran. He served with the Greensboro Police Department for one year and previously served as a Cadet with the agency.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, sister, and grandparents.

In Our Keeping

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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 Winslow gave the Greensboro Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Greensboro 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 Greensboro Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Greensboro, Guilford County, NC

Platform Identity greepd.guilford.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 27, 1978

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 21

Badge Number 209

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Michael Gray Winslow served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Michael Gray Winslow 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 NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen. That is 30.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Greensboro Police Department, 6 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Greensboro Police Department

of 14 officers

42.9% Accident

NC — Statewide

205

of 664 officers

30.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident