Monty Thomas Johnson
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Undersheriff

Monty Thomas Johnson

Accident
End of Watch February 21, 2019
Age 63
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Undersheriff Monty Johnson was killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 18 north of the Cimarron Turnpike at 7:00 am.

Another vehicle crossed the center line and struck Undersheriff Johnson's patrol car head-on.

Undersheriff Johnson is survived by his wife and children.

Survivors

Undersheriff Johnson is survived by his wife and children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Undersheriff Johnson gave the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pawnee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Undersheriff Johnson.

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

Agency

Location Pawnee, OK
Platform Identity pcso.pawnee.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 21, 2019
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 63
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Undersheriff Monty Thomas Johnson 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 Pawnee County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Pawnee County Sheriff's Office
2
of 6 officers
33.3% Accident
OK — Statewide
135
of 582 officers
23.2% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Monty Thomas Johnson's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Monty Thomas Johnson Compares

Age at End of Watch
63
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
15
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Monty Thomas Johnson is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location