Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Jarvis Crumley was killed when his patrol car struck a utility pole as he was responding to assist another officer. The second officer had been left with three juvenile car thief suspects when other units on the scene left to assist in another car chase. After the other units left several adults appeared and began to argue with the officer, who then requested assistance. Officer Crumley was responding from approximately a quarter mile away. He was traveling at a high rate of speed and, as he crested a hill on Glenwood Road, another vehicle pulled out 400 yards in front of him from the Lorrain Apartments. He swerved to avoid the vehicle and struck the utility pole, cracking it in half. The driver of the second vehicle, who was driving drunk, was arrested later in the night. Officer Crumley was wearing his seat-belt and his airbag deployed but the impact was so great that he still suffered fatal injuries. Officer Crumley had served with the DeKalb County Police Department since August 1997.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and one child.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Police Officer Crumley gave the DeKalb County Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Tucker community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Crumley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Jarvis Darren Crumley 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 DeKalb County Police Department, 17 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jarvis Darren Crumley's cause is highlighted.
How Jarvis Darren Crumley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jarvis Darren Crumley is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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