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Kenneth D. Lindley
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Chief of Police

Kenneth D. Lindley

Prescott Police Department — Prescott, AZ
Accident
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End of Watch September 10, 1971
Age 47
Tour of Duty 19 yrs 11 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief Lindley was killed in an automobile accident during a narcotics investigation. Chief Lindley and two Arizona Department of Public Safety Officers were en route to the Cottonwood Airport on a narcotics investigation. When their car reached the intersection of US 89A and Arizona 279, they failed to stop at the stop sign and struck another car broadside. Chief Lindley was dead upon arrival at the hospital. The other two officers and the seven people in the other car were all injured.

Survivors

Chief Lindley was survived by his wife, Karen, two daughters, Debbie and Mary Alice, his son, Kenneth, Jr.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Lindley gave the Prescott Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Prescott community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Lindley.

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

Agency

Department Prescott Police Department
Location Prescott, AZ
Platform Identity ppd.yavapai.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 10, 1971
Tour of Duty 19 yrs 11 mo
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Chief of Police Kenneth D. Lindley 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 AZ, 95 of 330 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.8% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Prescott Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
AZ — Statewide
95
of 330 officers
28.8% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth D. Lindley's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Kenneth D. Lindley Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
19.9
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth D. Lindley is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897