Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Bobby Crapse was killed when his patrol vehicle was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver on I-95, near mile marker 97 in Chatham County, at approximately 2:15 a.m. The subject was driving without lights.
He had just completed a traffic control assignment and was driving back to the north part of Bryan County when the crash occurred. Sergeant Crapse's canine partner sustained very minor injuries in the crash.
Sergeant Crapse had served with the Bryan County Sheriff's Office for 13 years and was posthumously promoted to Sergeant.
In June 2013, Public Safety Way was renamed Sgt. Robert W. Crapse Drive.
Sergeant Bobby Crapse was killed when his patrol vehicle was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver on I-95, near mile marker 97 in Chatham County, at approximately 2:15 a.m. The subject was driving without lights.
Sergeant Crapse had served with the Bryan County Sheriff's Office for 13 years and was posthumously promoted to Sergeant.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Crapse gave the Bryan County Sheriff's Office 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Pembroke community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Crapse.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Robert Warren Crapse, 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 Bryan County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Warren Crapse, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Robert Warren Crapse, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Warren Crapse, Sr. is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
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