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Deputy Sheriff

Henry W. Bradshaw

Meriwether County Sheriff's Office — Greenville, GA

Accident

End of Watch December 15, 1973

Age 35

Tour of Duty 11 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Henry Bradshaw was killed in an automobile crash while responding to an alarm at a local bank. His vehicle went out of control as the result of heavy rain and skidded into oncoming traffic. Deputy Bradshaw had served with the Meriwether County Sheriff's Office for just under one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Bradshaw served with the Meriwether County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Greenville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Bradshaw.

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

Agency

Department Meriwether County Sheriff's Office

Location Greenville, GA

Platform Identity mcso.meriwether.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 15, 1973

Tour of Duty 11 mo

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Henry W. Bradshaw 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 Meriwether County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Meriwether County Sheriff's Office

of 2 officers

100% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry W. Bradshaw's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Henry W. Bradshaw Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service

0.9

This officer

Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry W. Bradshaw is highlighted in Dec.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

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