Charles Willis Wright, Jr.

DeKalb County Police Department — Tucker, GA

Accident Veteran

End of Watch December 22, 1948

Age 26

The Vigil Panel 85 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 32

Incident

Officer Charles Wright succumbed to injuries sustained five days earlier when his vehicle crashed during a high-speed pursuit of a whiskey bootlegger on Briarcliff Road. The suspect's vehicle also crashed at the same location. The driver fled on foot but was apprehended a short time later. Officer Wright was a U.S Army veteran of World war I and was survived by his expectant wife, son, and brother. His brother also served with the police department.

Survivors

S Army veteran of World war I and was survived by his expectant wife, son, and brother.

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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.
Officer Wright served with the DeKalb County Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Tucker community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department DeKalb County Police Department

Location Tucker, GA

Platform Identity dcpd.dekalb.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 22, 1948

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Weapon Automobile

Offender Not available

Military Service

Charles Willis Wright, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Charles Willis Wright, Jr. 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.

DeKalb County Police Department

of 33 officers

51.5% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident