Pearl Martin

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch December 15, 1961

Age 46

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

The Vigil Panel 97 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 87

Incident

Officer Pearl Martin succumbed to injuries he received in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Monroe Drive and Park Drive, NE, in Atlanta. Officer Martin was traveling south on Monroe Drive when a northbound car turned left and struck his motorcycle. The driver was charged with failing to grant the right of way. He was transported to Gray Hospital, where he succumbed to head injuries 16 days later. Officer Martin was a United States Army WWII veteran and served with the Atlanta Police Department for at least 11 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, and parents.

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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.
Officer Martin gave the Atlanta Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta 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 Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 15, 1961

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Pearl Martin served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Pearl Martin is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In GA, 264 of 905 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Atlanta Police Department, 29 of 88 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33% of this agency's fallen.

Atlanta Police Department

of 88 officers

33% Accident

GA — Statewide

264

of 905 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident