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Rodney Tomlinson Holder

Abilene Police Department — Abilene, TX

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch April 29, 2010

Age 50

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

The Vigil Panel 159 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 7

Incident

Officer Rodney Holder was killed in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Sayles Boulevard and South 13th Street while attempting to stop a speeder at 11:45 a.m.

Officer Holder was in pursuit of a speeder when a car pulled out in front of him causing a collision. Officer Holder was ejected from his bike and collided with a parked vehicle. He was transported to Hendrick Medical Center where doctors determined he was killed on impact.

Officer Holder, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the 82nd Airborne for four years, had served with the Abilene Police Department for 28 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, son, two granddaughters, one sister, and additional extended family.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Holder gave the Abilene Police Department 28 years.
Thank you for your service to the Abilene community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Abilene Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Abilene, TX

Platform Identity apd.taylor.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 29, 2010

Tour of Duty 28 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Rodney Tomlinson Holder served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Rodney Tomlinson Holder is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Abilene Police Department, 5 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

Abilene Police Department

of 8 officers

62.5% Accident

TX — Statewide

657

of 2,421 officers

27.1% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Accident