Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain James Parr drowned while chasing a prisoner across Pompano Canal west of the Florida Turnpike. The inmate had escaped from the Pompano Road Prison the previous night. Captain Parr was leading a search party and spotted the prisoner in tall grass near the canal. As he started chasing the man he entered the water and drowned after becoming tangled in the tall grass. Captain Parr was assigned to the Pompano Road Prison.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Parr served with the Florida Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Parr.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain James W. Parr, 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Florida Department of Corrections, 9 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James W. Parr, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How James W. Parr, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James W. Parr, Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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