Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant John Holbrook was killed in an accident while responding to assist members of the MARTA Transit Police who were chasing two juveniles wanted for stealing an automobile. The patrol car he was riding in collided with a tractor-trailer on East Ponce de Leon Avenue, near I-285. He was killed in the crash and the Clarkston police chief was injured.
Survivors
Sergeant Holbrook was survived by his two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Holbrook served with the Clarkston Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Clarkston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Holbrook.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant John Edward Holbrook 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Edward Holbrook's cause is highlighted.
How John Edward Holbrook Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Edward Holbrook is highlighted in Feb.