Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Wysner was struck and killed by a vehicle while investigating a fight involving two women.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Wysner served with the Brilliant Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Brilliant community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Wysner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Langston Wysner 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. Langston Wysner's cause is highlighted.
How Langston Wysner Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Langston Wysner is highlighted in Oct.