Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Sife Perdue was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting a funeral procession. He had stopped traffic at an intersection, and after the last vehicle in the procession passed, he began to pass the procession en route to the next intersection. As he began to pull away, he struck the back of a truck that had stopped for the procession. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later. Officer Perdue was a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Columbus Police Department for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, son, parents, three half brothers, sister, and grandchild.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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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 Perdue gave the Columbus Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Sife Perdue served in the Other (1986) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Sife Perdue 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 Columbus Police Dept., 5 of 26 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 19.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Sife Perdue's cause is highlighted.
How Sife Perdue Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Sife Perdue is highlighted in Jan.
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