Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Ted Dotson and Deputy Walter Sutton, of the Barbour County Sheriff's Department, were killed in a plane crash while conducting a flight to search for marijuana.
Survivors
Captain Dotson is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Dotson gave the Eufaula Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Eufaula community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Dotson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Ted L. Dotson 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ted L. Dotson's cause is highlighted.
How Ted L. Dotson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ted L. Dotson is highlighted in Aug.