Roll of Honor
Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Tim Johns suffered a fatal heart attack while serving as the School Resource Officer at Brookwood High School at 12250 George Richmond Parkway in Brookwood.
Throughout the day, Deputy Johns conducted a stressful investigation on the school grounds. Due to FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), this non-routine incident cannot be disclosed; however, after the investigation was completed, Deputy Johns was monitoring the bus line at 2:57 p.m. when he collapsed, striking his head on the pavement. Despite life-saving measures by school and medical personnel, Deputy Johns was unable to be resuscitated and passed away at Druid City Hospital.
Deputy Johns was a United States Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and had served with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office for 23 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son, and two stepsons.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 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.
Deputy Sheriff Johns gave the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tuscaloosa 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns 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 Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Wayne Stanley Johns is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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