Steven Raul Medeiros
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Staff Sergeant

Steven Raul Medeiros

Accident
End of Watch September 26, 2008
Age 56
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Steven Medeiros was killed in a motorcycle accident while attempting to cross a railroad crossing. His motorcycle left the roadway and went down an embankment. Sergeant Medeiros suffered fatal injuries when he was thrown into a utility pole.

Sergeant Medeiros had served with the agency for 22 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-US-GA-970DEFC2
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

22 years. You could have gone home.
Staff Sergeant Medeiros gave the Kennesaw State University Department of Public Safety 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Staff Sergeant Medeiros.

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

Agency

Location Kennesaw, GA
Platform Identity ksudps.cobb.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 26, 2008
Tour of Duty 22 yrs
Age 56
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Staff Sergeant Steven Raul Medeiros 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%.

Kennesaw State University Department of Public Safety
1
of 1 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. Steven Raul Medeiros'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 Steven Raul Medeiros Compares

Age at End of Watch
56
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
22
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Steven Raul Medeiros is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897