Roll of Honor
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.
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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
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Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Rex E. Faux 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 32.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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