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Deputy Sheriff

Rex E. Faux

Summit County Sheriff's Office — Akron, OH

Accident

End of Watch July 16, 1933

Age 29

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Rex Faux was killed in a vehicle crash as he and another deputy returned to Akron after responding to a robbery in Loyal Oak.

They were driving on the Akron-Wadsworth Road when the patrol car's steering column failed, causing the car to leave the roadway and crash into a concrete culvert at Wolf Creek. The deputy riding with him was able to free himself from the wreckage and wave down a passing motorist.

Both deputies were taken to St. Thomas Hospital, where Deputy Faux succumbed to his injuries.

Deputy Faux was survived by his son, father, and brother.

Survivors

Deputy Faux was survived by his son, father, and brother.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Faux served with the Summit County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Akron community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Faux.

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

Agency

Department Summit County Sheriff's Office

Location Akron, OH

Platform Identity scso.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 16, 1933

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Rex E. Faux 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Summit County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Accident

OH — Statewide

318

of 991 officers

32.1% 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. Rex E. Faux'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 Rex E. Faux Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Rex E. Faux is highlighted in Jul.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897