Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Richard Woods suffered a fatal heart attack while assisting other rescue personnel extricate several teenagers from a vehicle following a serious accident on Cogswell Avenue, at 5th Street, at approximately 4:30 pm.
Paramedics immediately began to render aid to Lieutenant Woods. He was transported to a local hospital where he passed away a short time later.
Lieutenant Woods had served with the Pell City Police Department for 20 years and was the commander of the Special Operations Division.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Woods gave the Pell City Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Pell City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Woods.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Richard Glenn Woods is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In AL, 30 of 643 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Pell City Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Glenn Woods's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Glenn Woods Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Glenn Woods is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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