John William Hood

Cobb County Police Dept. — Marietta, GA

Felonious

End of Watch June 25, 1960

Age 70

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Lieutenant John Hood was killed when his patrol car was struck head-on by one of two racing vehicles on Roswell Road, one mile east of the Marietta city limits. He was responding to a call about the two vehicles and was cresting a hill on State Highway 120 when one of the vehicles struck his car at over 100 mph. The 18-year-old driver of the vehicle was also killed in the crash. Lieutenant Hood succumbed to his injuries one week after the incident. Lieutenant Hood had served with the Cobb County Police Department for over 20 years and was less than one month from retirement.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two sisters.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Hood gave the Cobb County Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Marietta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Hood.

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

Agency

Department Cobb County Police Dept.

Location Marietta, GA

Platform Identity ccpd.cobb.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 25, 1960

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 70

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Offender Killed in accident

Lieutenant John William Hood is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Cobb County Police Dept., 6 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Cobb County Police Dept.

of 6 officers

100% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious