William Ira Latham

Birmingham Police Dept. — Birmingham, AL

Accident

End of Watch October 24, 1932

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 48

Incident

Officer Latham was killed in an automobile accident while transporting a prisoner.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
City Warden Latham served with the Birmingham Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, City Warden Latham.

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

Agency

Department Birmingham Police Dept.

Location Birmingham, AL

Platform Identity birmpd.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 24, 1932

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

City Warden William Ira Latham 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 Birmingham Police Dept., 14 of 49 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Birmingham Police Dept.

of 49 officers

28.6% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident