Timothy Williams
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Deputy Jailer

Timothy Williams

Accident
End of Watch December 17, 2001
Age 21
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Jailer Timothy Williams was killed in an automobile accident on I-65 while he and another deputy transported an inmate from the state prison in Limestone County back to the Calhoun County Jail.

His department vehicle spun out of control on the rain slicked highway, and struck a wall near the Cullman County and Blount County line. The second deputy and the inmate sustained minor injuries.

Deputy Williams had been employed with the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for one year.

Rest in peace Deputy Jailer Williams.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis August 10th, 2019

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Deputy Jailer Williams gave the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Anniston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Jailer Williams.

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

Agency

Location Anniston, AL
Platform Identity ccso.calhoun.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 2001
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Jailer Timothy Williams 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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
2
of 3 officers
66.7% Accident
AL — Statewide
182
of 643 officers
28.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Williams's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Timothy Williams Compares

Age at End of Watch
21
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
1
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Williams is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location

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