Walter Lee Harden, Sr.

Macon Police Department — Macon, GA

Accident

End of Watch May 11, 1987

Age 46

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 11

Incident

Lieutenant Walter Harden died from injuries sustained in an automobile crash on Shurling Road in Macon at 11:45 am. His patrol car slid on the rain-slicked road and struck a guardrail west of Walnut Creek Road. He died at the scene. Lieutenant Harden had served with the Macon Police Department for 14 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, three sons, his mother, five sisters, and four grandchildren.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Harden gave the Macon Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Macon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Harden.

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

Agency

Department Macon Police Department

Location Macon, GA

Platform Identity mpd.bibb.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 11, 1987

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Lieutenant Walter Lee Harden, 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Macon Police Department, 6 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Macon Police Department

of 12 officers

50% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident