Incident
Officer Jones was killed in an automobile accident while he and three other officers were driving to Coweta County to assist authorities there search for a murder suspect. The Coweta County sheriff had requested officers from Fayette County bring dogs to assist in the search. Their vehicle left the roadway on a curve near Fairburn, Georgia. Two of the other officers were also injured.
Survivors
Officer Jones was survived by his wife, three sons, and daughter.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Police Officer Jones gave the Fayette County Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Fayetteville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Jones.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Officer Felt Jones is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 29.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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