Raymond M. Carlton, Sr.

Alabama Department of Public Safety — Montgomery, AL

Accident Veteran

End of Watch February 27, 1965

Age 52

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 28

Incident

Sergeant Raymond Carlton was killed when a tire blew out on his patrol car on U.S. Highway 331.

At 3:45 p.m., his vehicle ran off the roadway and overturned about 8 1/2 miles south of Opp, Alabama. He was transported to Mizell Memorial Hospital, where he had passed away on arrival.

Sergeant Carlton was a United States Navy Reserve WWII veteran and had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for 27 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, his mother, a brother, and three sisters.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Carlton gave the Alabama Department of Public Safety 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Alabama Department of Public Safety

Location Montgomery, AL

Platform Identity adps.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 27, 1965

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 52

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Raymond M. Carlton, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant Raymond M. Carlton, Sr. 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 Alabama Department of Public Safety, 21 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 72.4% of this agency's fallen.

Alabama Department of Public Safety

of 29 officers

72.4% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident