Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Thomas Atkisson was killed when his patrol car struck a utility pole on Ashford-Dunwoody Road, near Perimeter Mall, while in pursuit of a motorcycle. Officer Atkisson was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the DeKalb County Police Department for eight years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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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 Atkisson gave the DeKalb County Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tucker 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
Thomas Stanhope Atkisson served in the Navy (1966â1970) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Thomas Stanhope Atkisson 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 DeKalb County Police Department, 17 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Stanhope Atkisson's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Stanhope Atkisson Compares
Offender Outcome
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When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Stanhope Atkisson is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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