Robert Allen Draper

Anniston Police Department — Anniston, AL

Accident

End of Watch January 27, 1927

Age 23

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 14

Incident

Officer Robert Draper was accidentally shot and killed in the Anniston Police Station when a confiscated pistol was accidentally discharged.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Draper served with the Anniston Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Anniston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Draper.

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

Agency

Department Anniston Police Department

Location Anniston, AL

Platform Identity apd.calhoun.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 27, 1927

Age 23

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Robert Allen Draper 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Anniston Police Department, 2 of 15 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 13.3% of this agency's fallen.

Anniston Police Department

of 15 officers

13.3% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident