Sherman Lamar Davis

Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco — Tallahassee, FL

Accident Veteran

End of Watch March 11, 1987

Age 41

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Beverage Enforcement Agent Sherman Davis succumbed to head injuries he received in a vehicle crash on Memorial Highway and Interstate 4 in Lakeland on February 1, 1971.

Agent Davis and two other agents were inspecting liquor licenses at Polk County bars and were en route to another establishment when their vehicle struck a culvert and flipped. One agent was transported to the hospital with a back injury, and the other agent was uninjured. Agent Davis suffered a head injury. After the crash, a blood clot burst, causing blood vessels in his brain to hemorrhage and putting Agent Davis in a coma for four months. After surgery to remove pressure from his brain, he remained in a minimally conscious state until he passed away on March 11, 1987.

Agent Davis was a United States National Guard veteran and had served with the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco for over two years. He previously served with the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

He was survived by two daughters, his father, two brothers, and a sister.

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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.
Beverage Enforcement Agent Davis gave the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tallahassee community. 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 Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

Location Tallahassee, FL

Platform Identity fdabt.leon.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 11, 1987

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Sherman Lamar Davis served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Beverage Enforcement Agent Sherman Lamar Davis 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 Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

of 4 officers

50% Accident

FL — Statewide

313

of 1,008 officers

31.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident