Robert Arthur Warlick

Shawnee Police Department — Shawnee, OK

Accident

End of Watch May 31, 1934

Age 37

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Detective Warlick and Captain Claude Bowen were killed in an automobile accident while responding to a call. Their department vehicle was struck by another car that failed to stop at a stop sign.

Detective Warlick succumbed to his injuries shortly after the incident. Captain Bowen succumbed to his injuries on August 13, 1935.

Detective Warlick had served in law enforcement for 20 years and was survived by his wife and two daughters.

Survivors

Detective Warlick had served in law enforcement for 20 years and was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Warlick gave the Shawnee Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Shawnee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Warlick.

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

Agency

Department Shawnee Police Department

Location Shawnee, OK

Platform Identity spd.pottawatomie.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 31, 1934

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Detective Robert Arthur Warlick 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Shawnee Police Department, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Shawnee Police Department

of 5 officers

80% Accident

OK — Statewide

135

of 582 officers

23.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident