Cleveland Ray Christian

Brunswick Police Department — Brunswick, GA

Accident

End of Watch May 16, 1986

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Officer Christian succumbed to injuries sustained in an on-duty motorcycle accident the previous day while on patrol. He was en route to Brunswick High School to conduct traffic control when a car struck him on Glynn Avenue. He was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning. Officer Christian had been with the agency for 12 years.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Christian gave the Brunswick Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Brunswick community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Christian.

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

Agency

Department Brunswick Police Department

Location Brunswick, GA

Platform Identity bpd.glynn.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 16, 1986

Tour of Duty 12 yrs

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Cleveland Ray Christian 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 Brunswick Police Department, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

Brunswick Police Department

of 7 officers

14.3% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident