Grady Todd

Anniston Police Department — Anniston, AL

Accident

End of Watch August 2, 1936

Age 30

Tour of Duty

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 14

Incident

Officer Grady Todd was killed when he was knocked from his motorcycle by an auto while riding on the Bankhead Highway, nine miles east of Oxford. He suffered a broken neck when the impact hurled his body atop the auto hood and knocked the motorcycle into a roadside ditch. Officer Todd and another motorcycle officer had been seeking a liquor car, five miles east of Oxford and had driven upon the highway from a side road, a few moments before the crash. The auto struck Officer Todd's motorcycle from the rear, both vehicles traveling in the direction of Anniston. The driver of the car turned himself in after the accident for examination. He was charged with manslaughter but acquitted by a jury. Officer Todd had joined the city police motorcycle force only three weeks before.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, parents, three brothers, and four sisters.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Anniston Police Department

Location Anniston, AL

Platform Identity apd.calhoun.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 2, 1936

Tour of Duty

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Police Officer Grady Todd 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 Anniston Police Department, 2 of 15 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 13.3% of this agency's fallen.

Anniston Police Department

of 15 officers

13.3% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident