Cody Bettis

Mobile Police Department — Mobile, AL

Accident

End of Watch August 3, 1938

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Officer Cody Bettis was struck and killed by the driver of a vehicle which had broken through a military convoy that was being escorted through the city.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Bettis served with the Mobile Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mobile community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Bettis.

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

Agency

Department Mobile Police Department

Location Mobile, AL

Platform Identity mpd.mobile.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 3, 1938

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Cody Bettis 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 Mobile Police Department, 5 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.7% of this agency's fallen.

Mobile Police Department

of 23 officers

21.7% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident