Joseph Frank Sykes, Jr.

East Point Police Department — East Point, GA

Accident

End of Watch June 2, 1969

Age 24

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Officer Joseph Sykes was killed in a motorcycle crash while responding to another accident.

A vehicle struck his motorcycle, causing a fatal head injury. Officer Sykes was not wearing a helmet as they were not required or considered a piece of safety equipment at the time.

Officer Joseph Sykes had been with the East Point Police Department for three years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Sykes gave the East Point Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the East Point community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Sykes.

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

Agency

Department East Point Police Department

Location East Point, GA

Platform Identity eppd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 2, 1969

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Joseph Frank Sykes, 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 East Point Police Department, 5 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 83.3% of this agency's fallen.

East Point Police Department

of 6 officers

83.3% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident